Word: moment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...they had been able to avail themselves of the reserve book system. This closing of the library at such early hours will of course continue until the days are considerably lengthened, and even then, as now, the building will be shut during the entire evening. Even a moment's reflection will be enough to convince any fair-minded man of the injustice of such a state of affairs in a university of the size and pretentions of Harvard. It is detrimental to the students in more than one way for it encourages idleness among them at the same time that...
...line. No gain was made on the first down, but on the second, the ball was given to B. Trafford who scored. Time 12 minutes. Goal. Score 40-2. When the ball was put in play Cranston stopped Peck from making any gain and Blanchard broke through the next moment and forced Slayback back several yards. Hall punted and White got the ball on the bound but Crane prevented him from gaining any ground. Trafford kicked on the first down. Hall returned and Trafford again made a magnificent running catch. Lee lost ground and Trafford was forced to kick...
...pushed across the line and secored. Time 15 minutes. Goal by Trafford. Score 6-0. Winsor was substituted for Shannon. After the ball was put in play Thayer and Valentine gained ten yards. Harding broke through and stopped Hulme and Blanchard dropped on the ball when Thayer fumbled a moment later. Fearing, P. Trafford, Saxe and Blanchard carried the ball steadily forward by means of short rushes, and it was Harvard's on Pennsylvania's three yard line. Fearing bunted twice into the crowd with no gain. On the third down, however, the ball was passed to Trafford who kicked...
...took Fearing's place in the second-half. Harvard had the ball and Harding made ten yards at the kick off. He fumbled it in a moment, however, and Pennsylvania began forcing it ahead. Valentine and Hulme went through the Harvard rushers at will and the ball was at Harvard's ten-yard line. Thayer fumbled and P. Trafford fell on the ball. Trafford kicked and P. Trafford picked up the leather and rushed 15 yards. Lee and Saxe fumbled badly, but Harvard luckily kept the ball. On Saxe's fumble again, Pennsylvania got the ball and Hulme, Valentine...
...action of feathering with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach in a shapeless condition and out of trim for the coming struggle...