Word: straighten
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Grand Inquisitor gets into no end of hot water with the fierce Moor and his disappointed sister, Kazooka, and it takes much diplomacy to finally straighten matters out. The exchange of clothes between Don Manuel and Carlos, which has been the cause of so much trouble, is at length discovered...
...Eddy lacks life and snap; does not straighten his arms at the shoot; apt to drop over at the full reach; does not use outside hand in feathering...
...remitting what is still due. 1. The first method has no advocates and no advantages. 2. The second leaves unremedied the present unsatisfactory condition of affairs. 3. The third method is the only one worthy of a great and generous nation: [a] To satisfy the states' demands; [b] To straighten out the gov't accounts...
...Brewer, 152. He does not straighten his arms when he shoots, is lifeless in his movements, loses his body swing during the slide and recover, is very slow at full reach and shoot, carries his oar too low at full reach, and kicks his slide...
...Baldwin, 137. He is slow at shoot and catch, does not straighten his arms out or row his stroke...