Word: taming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...just now is desirable. The real trouble seems to be that the work is not carefully thought to or logically arranged, and that the product of an idle moment as allowed, without revision, to creep into print. Under such circum stances the business of the reviewer is all too tame, for he must point out blunders which the writers themselves might easily have rectified...
Tourguenev's ideas were a little more radical, and he expressed them more openly, when, in speaking of one of his greatest novels, he said that it indicated the struggle between tame, well-fostered, domestic animals, and the gray, half-starved wolves of the country. He referred to the struggle of democracy and aristocracy...
...dual meet with Princeton. The former was, held with bad weather conditions, but Torrey did the 100 yard dash in 9 4-5 seconds and Parsons did the had mile in 2 minutes and a fraction of a second--a remarkable performance. The Princeton meet was a rather tame affair but interesting as being the first intercollegiate event since the Pennsylvania games. McLanahan broke the world's record in the pole vault and Captain Clapp easily won both hurdles. The time in all the track contests was good. De Witt was Princeton's best man, and he and Williams were...
...work. If crews could be trained with the view of rowing a waiting race, the four-mile contest would usually not seriously increase the strain and exhaustion. By a waiting race not such dilatory tactics, of course, are indicated as often render the beginning of bicycle and foot races tame, dull, and almost ridiculous; but that due preliminary husbanding of reserve force which leaves a reserve to be drawn upon for later spurts. As a matter of fact, however, one crew or another is likely to start at top speed, particularly when several are in the race, and therefore...
...work was better, and the second eleven was unable to gain any ground whatever. There was some improvement in running back the kick-offs, as the interference formed quickly and the runners stuck to it well. The entire team was considerably affected by the heat, and its work was tame and spiritless...