Word: weak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whistle the Seniors though long in the water and powerful in the pull through showed a dangerous tendency of shooting the tail which caused a noticeable check. The Junior Crew, likewise weak at the start, were a trifle slow in the catch and sloppy on the slide. Meanwhile, the Sophomores were hampered by a crab at No. 7 which caused a slight panic. Crabs at Nos. 5 and 6 entered the boat later on in the race. Ragged as was the start the boats tore through the water. The crowd roared advice from the shore but the cox after several...
...dark sorrow of existence. Of all beasts, dogs are perhaps the most melancholy in their looks; of all dogs, the slouching basset hound is the most sad. Of all basset hounds, none is more woebegone, more tragic than a certain basset hound puppy. Last week he sat nuzzling his weak chin into the loose bib of flesh which an arbitrary heredity has draped around his neck. In the kennels, at Huntington, L. I., of Gerald M. Livingston, his forlorn yapping roused to dreary derision a crow in the near woods. Perhaps the basset hound puppy heard a prophecy...
...fanciers, like the owners of racing stables, will sometimes descend to low and disgraceful practices. For example, Mrs. Florence B. Ilch, highly successful exhibitor of collies, aroused the professional jealousy of, it is surmised, an unscrupulous competitor. This competitor was aware that Mrs. Ilch was afflicted with a weak heart, that she had two sons who go to college. Accordingly, when she was on the point of leading her first entry into the ring, the competitor sent Mrs. Florence Ilch a telegram which read as follows: "Hurry to New Haven immediately, son, James, killed in automobile accident, (signed) Roommate...
...barely won the championships over Finland. So narrow was the margin that weak women in the tournament might well destroy one of the proudest of U. S. records...
...Saturday the University sextet journeyed to Buffalo and there administered an overwhelming defeat to the weak Nichols Club team by a 12-2 score. The contest was played on a very small rink and was marred by rough play on both sides. At no time were the New Yorkers a match for their smoother and faster opponents. The Crimson forward line took the disc up the ice time and again in a beautiful exhibition of coordination and team work. Both forward lines were used and proved equally efficient in driving the puck home. The work of the Crimson defense...