Word: sweeps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...editorial in the present number of the Advocate dwells upon the importance of Harvard students' making some more general recognition of intellectual attainment among their fellows. The point is very well raised. At present, in the onward sweep of athletics, the undergraduate has been deceived into thinking, or rather into acting as if he thought, that the athlete alone is deserving of the popularity which puts a man's name in every body's mouth. It is proper that the athlete should enjoy a certain measure of collegiate fame, but it is far from proper that he should hold...
...Removals have been made for in sufficient cause: The clean sweep in the internal revenue service in 1885-8 and Quincy's looting of the consular service last summer...
...conditions of manhood, with practical suggestions for the relief of distress, which did not pretend to go into theory which should settle all possible problems. Certainly this slow yet practical method has more promise in it, than the theorizing which attempts to settle all things at one sweep...
...could. Next came the matriarchal, an inevitable reaction from the former, in which marriage by capture was succeeded by marriage through captivation. Then came the union of one man with one woman for life, but against this the great forces of individualism has begun to act, and threaten to sweep everything before them. Individualism, carried to an extreme, means isolation, and isolation and marriage can be connected only by accident. Marriage, dominated by individualism, becomes the mere sport of personal caprice, and loses every whit of stability...
...stroke is rapid and reliable, leaving the men at finish in excellent position to make the next stroke. This is due mainly to the fact that the men are driving the boat altogether with back and legs, and after breaking arms only a steady pressure is maintained to sweep the oar to the finish...