Word: stride
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...encouraged him to use his body; he was heavy for his age. His first year in high school he played end and excited no particular awe. Next season he developed into an able quarterback, moved the year following to halfback, his regular position. He runs with a long bounding stride far better adapted to open field gains than line-plunging. He is not, as some have declared, an extraordinary sprinter. Though fast, he eludes tacklers rather by the perfect rhythm of his running?the hip-action by which he dodges without losing speed...
...formally and informally, "when" and "where" and if he is a Freshman "how". The old student, astute upperclassman, that he is, full of the wisdom begotten by experience, is beginning to be seen about the Yard,--now that the hand-shaking is over. . The college is settling into its stride...
...startled by the sudden apparition of a figure on a distant hill. Cut against the sky, there was nothing in the silhouette (it was that of a lean youth in golf clothes, carrying a club in his hand) that would itself have caused alarm. But instead of the measured stride of the golfer, this youth employed a furious, irregular lope. Suddenly, without a waggle, in a pause that hardly broke his stride, his club described an invisible arc; several seconds afterward, pushing its path through the lucent walls of summer air, the sound of his spoon-shot reached...
...years ago by a majority vote of students after it had been in vogue for some 20 years. Following a discussion of the advantages of the Honor System, it concludes with the statement that "we sincerely believe that the renewal of such a system would be a long stride toward a greater Lehigh." It is gratifying to hear such an opinion, particularly if it echoes the sentiment of a majority at Lehigh, for it indicates that there is some feeling strongly enough in favor of an Honor System to want public expression. The only adverse thought which might arise...
Harvard was in a distinct slump from the start of the game and never seemed able to get back into its previous victorious stride. An unfamiliar field which was much springier than the one to which the University twelve was accustomed affected the Crimson's team work, and despite the sterling playing of Reed at second defense and Kelsey at goal they were unsupported by the rest of their teammates and the ball was continually in Harvard territory. Kelsey entered the game with an injured leg and had to be carried from the field after playing the entire game...