Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course they should pursue. Both are for customs autonomy, but Wang wants it abruptly and Yen wants it gradually. They represent a more and less radical attitude, but there are elements more radical than either of them who are demanding customs autonomy and abolition of extraterritoriality at a stroke and no shilly-shallying with the powers...
...First Lady is going to learn the long side stroke, too. At present there is nothing fancy about her swimming...
...Australian crawl is the fastest stroke known, and when Mrs. Coolidge learns this she will be able to cut through the water in great shape. She likes to swim, she enjoys the water and yields easily to suggestion...
...Coolidge took occasion to deny the report that she was taking swimming lessons. According to a special report to The New York Times, "she is entirely satisfied with her present stroke and her ability in diving...
...Scott promised other and more spectacular performances of the "stroke." He sought an antiquated battleship upon which to demonstrate. In Washington, officials had no definite plans for supplying the battleship but followed the inventor's work closely, deeply interested...