Word: strenuous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chief interest centered around the struggle between Captain Bennett of Brown and Bond, the latter gaining the decision after three strenuous sets. It was a case of brilliance against steadiness, of clean placements against sure returns and steadiness...
After a week of strenuous practice, during which Coach Herbert has concentrated his effort on developing an attack, the University lacrosse team will leave for Princeton this afternoon to engage the Tiger stickmen in what will undoubtedly be the hardest game of the season...
...them in Western countries. But if you dress up Jack the Giant Killer in a sufficiently modern guise to give him at least a semblance of probability, the masses will love him as did their fathers and grandfathers. And to the fact that Tarzan takes his readers away from strenuous complicated modern life can be attributed the secret of his success. "In my opinion this alone proves the necessity for some dictatorship over the proletariat. On the other hand it appears that Tarzan is also extremely popular in America-but comparisons are odious." Walter Duranty, The New York Times correspondent...
Under ideal weather conditions, Coach Fisher put his squad of football candidates, through a strenuous practice session in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, in which the men wore pads for the first time. Through additions during the last two days, the squad now numbers about ninety men, and the coaches hope to have a hundred out by the end of the week...
...vacation work was largely responsible for getting the two crews into shape and since this strenuous daily work was undertaken at the suggestion of the oarsmen themselves, Coach Newell highly commended the men and their marked improvement...