Word: vigor
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...sometimes made a climax in delivery when there was none in thought; Fox was rather unnatural in his style of speaking; Lockwood made up in earnestness what he lacked in variety; Lyman spoke straight to his audience and was effective, though slightly lacking in breath; Grossman, combining ease with vigor and variety, was probably the best speaker of the evening...
...convention discussed with considerable vigor the question of voting for Overseers by letter. The question was referred back to the constituent clubs, as was also the question of the extension of the University franchise to graduates of the professional schools...
...circle the ends or pierce the line for long gains. A number of men were tried in the backfield positions on both teams. Foster played at right halfback on the first eleven for the first time in several weeks and took part in the plays with good dash and vigor...
...between the first and second elevens brought out poor football. The first team backs showed some ability to gain on tackle plays, but, as a rule, were too slow in starting and fumbled frequently. The line failed to open holes and to get into each play with snap and vigor. Neither team did effective work. The line-ups: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. Burgess, l.e. r.e., Crocker. Wright, l.t. r.t., Frantz. Hovey, l.g. r.g., Wilder. King, c. c. Carrick. Force, r.g. l.g., Lehmann. Knowlton, r.t. l.t., Oveson. Bowditch, r.e., l.e., J. T. Jones. Marshall, q.b. q.b., Noyes. Knowles, l.h.b. r.h.b., Foster...
...Addison's or Jonson's time. "The Judgment of Ybarra," by L. M. Crosbie, is an unusually vivid and interest-compelling story of the west. In its theme it has a little echo of Kipling's, "The Man Who Would be King," and in treatment something of its vigor. "Timothy Knox, Peddler," a story by G. B. Fernald, is not good, for it lacks all plot and the humor in its sketchy description is too palpably artificial. "An Aspect of the Three Years' Course," by J. A. Field and "The Three Years' Course at Harvard," by B. Wendell, Jr., present...