Word: strength
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...favorably with those of any other team. This is in some degree, due to the unevenness of many of the fields, and also, in a measure, to the weak batting of opponents. The eleven has been steadily improving, and every game it played seemed to add materially to its strength...
Besides his shorthanded hat trick, Young also scores on even strength and the power play...
...individually row well, but their work together is not at all what can be desired. The enief difficulty they encounter is in keeping the boat steady and on an even keel. This is due to the following faults: First they do not pull entirely together nor with the same strength; second, some dip their oars too deep, while others do not dip deep enough; third some pull too much, others not enough, throwing the boat over to one side or the other. Their time is poor and they neither catch nor finish together. Although the foregoing is possibly a little...
...Harvard eleven has a number of strong players and the match will oubtedly be close and interesting, while the strength and hard work of our team give us reason to hope for a victory for Harvard...
...have two ideas in our minds, the stronger one will expel the weaker; but if they be of the same strength, they will blend, and when we recall one we can recall the other. The ease with which we can, after remembering one idea, recall the other, depends on the strength of the blending, and the strength of the blending depends on the strength of the ideas. Strong impressions make strong ideas, and all we can do to facilitate remembrance is, therefore, to strengthen the impressions. This can be done in two ways, first, by concentrating the attention...