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...clear that the past week's fare of daily grooming has not been spent in vain, for it was much improved combination that finished a full three lengths ahead yesterday. Prominent among the favorable points in the bearing of the crew was its full spacing, the boat riding well between strokes even under pressure of a high beat. An improvement in the shoot-away of the hands was also noticeable, making possible a stroke of 40 as the shell shot off the starting line...
...rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, fought for by those honored dead, with increased devotion to that cause to which they gave their last full measure of devotion, and that we highly resolve that these dead have not died in vain.'" (Yes, Lord Robert misquoted...
...committee has stood in evident dread of arousing "damaging suspicion" through the popular press and that it has feared to recommend "so rational a method" as personal conference or intelligence tests because it "appears inexpedient." And, if they seek suggestions either conclusive or startling they will look in vain. What they may forget is the fact that the obvious answer is often the right...
...regatta in which scullers took part, as well as the Scratch races on the Charles. Their popularity was so distinctly feeble, that in the spring of '76, when only two candidates reported for the sculling championships, the Advocate began to view the situation with proverbial alarm. "It is in vain to expect a true interest to be taken in boating, unless pleasure-rowing becomes more prevalent", an editorial remarked, and went on in appeal to the "loungers around the docks" to take up sculling or rowing in some form or other. But editorial exhortations had no effect; and apparently...
...presumptively the better for it. The catalog of the Kayne misadventures concludes when old Peter, while his house is being sold over his head, succumbs to apoplexy so violently as to rip away a tapestry revealing the words: Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it. Among other things, that is Mr. Train's text...