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Word: overlong (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1884-1884
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...during the Christmas recess visited Philadelphia, the home of Captain Cook, trying hard, under his personal instruction, to forget the disastrous stroke used last year. Part of the plan to overcome the old fault has been to make the crews row on stationary seats to rid them of the overlong slides necessary before this change to the '73 stroke. These stationary seats have now given place to short slides and long heavy oars. Two or three times each week the crew met at the boathouse or on the campus and take long runs into the country. These runs are usually...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE'S PROSPECTS FOR 1884. | 1/15/1884 | See Source »

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