Word: strains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attainable goal of a British prelate. He crowned a King and with holy oil anointed him a demi-priest in God's service. And it was a King of whom he could be proud- dutiful, earnest, orthodox, obedient, anxious to please. Much has been written of the physical strain of a Coronation service for a monarch. For an elderly Archbishop who must stand on his feet through all the hours of the service the strain is even greater. The crimson-coped Archbishop of York, plump William Temple, had little to do but weave about among the regalia...
Three days later, Ranger started for Newport, towed by the Vanderbilt yacht Vara. Off Seguin Island, a heavy sea was running. The roll caused a turnbuckle to break on an upper shroud. This tiny mishap put additional strain on the other stays, which snapped one by one all through the night. Soon after dawn, off Gloucester, the towering mast finally crashed over the side, carrying all the rigging with it. Said Harold ("Mike") Vanderbilt: "Bad luck!" At Bristol, R. I., workmen prepared to fit Ranger with the mast that used to belong to the old Vanderbilt yacht Rainbow...
...movements, and in its rhythm. It teaches the player to stand properly, because it encourages poise and balance. People who have played much tennis walk in a smooth and cat-like manner. If there is any excessive muscular development, it is because the strokes have been done incorrectly, and strain has been imposed unnecessarily upon muscles not prepared...
...performance has been laid by some to a mental condition imposed upon him by the memory of a torn muscle acquired on the same track a year ago. It is to be doubted though that this supposed handicap should cause him to foul twice in the broad jump and strain so as he never has before at the finish of the hundred. More likely is it that Ben had an off day familiar to most track...
...Foreign Office echoed to his noble Scottish burr. Mr. MacDonald today holds the British Cabinet sinecure of Lord President of the Council at $10,000 yearly, is slated to be raised to the peerage soon and retire on a pension of $10,000. Severe eye trouble caused him to strain with visible pain last week as he read a gracious speech void of importance-in the true sense a swan song by a once great man once greatly beloved...