Word: lightest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shoulders firm at the catch, and he lets them give when he takes hold. At times he fails to get his arms straight at the end of the recover. He also has an awkward habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish. LeMoyne is the shortest and lightest candidate, but does his full share of the work; should he part with his faults, he will make an efficient oar Jacobs is doing well at 7, but fails to use his arms properly. He drops his hands before taking hold, does not pull them in high enough, and has, like...
Second comings are less breathless than firsts. Mr. Arlen will not again encounter overt U. S. curiosity about his fancy waist and waistcoats, his night-club complexion, his affinities and affectations. He will not feel whole literary cocktail parties hanging on his lightest utterance, for it is well agreed now what he can and cannot say; what a pleasantly trite clam he is sometimes and how low he once brought bold Edna .Ferber in a single exchange of shots about looking feminine.** He will be permitted to enjoy himself and the U. S. this time and his real friends...
...Probably the lightest pack carried by any infantryman in the world. During the World War the U. S. soldier...
...Freshman leader prepared for Harvard at St. Mark's School, where he played football three years, captaining his team during his last year of schoolboy play. Wetmore is the lightest man on the 1930 squad this year, tipping the scales at 140 pounds...
Putnam was the Freshman quarterback of last season. Although the lightest man on the squad, he is probably the best man that the Crimson has in an open field, with the possible exception of Zarakov. Putnam is an excellent field general, and a good job in today's game will go a long way towards securing for him the regular position over Stafford...