Word: slower
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Armstrong was credited, as we noticed in our last issue, with a "best-on-record" for three miles of 21 min., 17 sec, whereas we are now told that an error of 25 sec. was made, the true time being 21 min. 42 sec., or six seconds slower than the best...
...returns the gleeful Spider, while the sobered Fly goes to the recitation and sits it out in sadness. The day is spoiled for him. The instructor is slower than ever, the pull on the river will be dreary, the Memorial Hall dinner will be cold. Such is the misery that Spider causes daily...
...difference in the number of strokes per minute in the several crews is marked. Holyoke ordinarily pulls the fastest, very often reaching to 36, while Weld and Holworthy keep down to 30 or less, very rarely above. As the desired end of every crew is to pull together, the slower the stroke - to a certain point, say 28 or 30 per minute - by which this object is attained, the better; and in this we are supported by the best authority. However, it rests with each captain to pull the stroke that pleases him best, and the result of the races...
...Slower ran the little brooklet...