Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speak of the men briefly, Dobyns, at stroke, uses excellent judgment and drives his crew well. He is, however, a hard man to follow and Biddle is not yet quite with him. Biddle gets a hard catch but has been inclined to weaken on the finish. Captain Perkins, in spite of his late illness, is at present rowing the best oar in the boat. His blade is notably good and he gets a long body swing and steady drive from the stretcher. Heath, at 5, has gone off of late. He is a good worker and a strong...
Yale' s strong attack on Harvard 's argument was her denial that the possession of the Hawaiian Islands would strengthen this country from a strategic point, but that the possession of the islands would weaken her and cause her a vest item of expense in defending them...
...line is heavy and holds well, though several of the men have a tendency to offside play. The backs are all good runners and follow their interference in good shape. Reid who has been playing an excellent game at fullback, is laid up at present, and his absence will weaken the team somewhat, especially in kicking. On the whole, the men are playing good football and should give a good account of themselves in today's game...
...proper time, and at no point in the game was the result at all certain. The fielding of both sides was fairly good, although '98 had few chances as compared with '99. As Hayes had pitched the two preceding games for '98, it was expected that possibly he would weaken, but he proved stronger than before, and at critical tiems, with the bases full, showed remarkable steadiness. Besides getting fifteen strike-outs, he made a star play in the last inning by fielding a slow bunted ball to first, making the third out for '99. Brown also played well...
...results of the adoption of these two amendments, viz., biennial elections, will be harmful. A. Biennial elections will weaken local self-government. (1) Will lessen the power of the people. (a) They can rebuke representatives only half as often. (2) Politicians will look upon Massachusetts politics solely from the the point of view of national party supremacy. (Speech of E. E. Hale, Oct. 23, 1896). (a) State elections are thus made subordinate to national. (x) Elections will be on national issues. (y) Offices will be filled with reference to national politics: Examples, Governor Powers, notorious for his acquirement of State...