Word: wateringly
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...Faults of the crew on the whole are that they fail to get around the water on the catch, keep poor time, are slow with their hands, and in starting their slides, are inclined to rush the last part of their recover, and do not pull their blades through at the same depth...
...first crew are generally not deliberate enough to do what they have in mind. The work is rough, the time is poor. They ought to learn that they must be exactly together in catching the water and in getting the hands away. Stroke is too short; 7 rows well; 6 is too slow; 5 is unsteady and pulls his arms in too hard; 4 rows poorly; 3 needs a little more snap in the general rowing; 2 is too new at the work to criticize; bow is too short and very apt to get the stroke reversed...
...grosbeak. Next in rank come the warblers. These are very little known as they are chiefly forest birds and all go under the name of "the little gray birds," though some of them have the most gorgeous red and yellow plumage. Two of the warblers are fine singers, the water thrush and the golden-crowned thrush...
...seems almost childish after all that has been said about the water in the gymnasium, to add another protest against the present unpardonable state of things. It seems all the more needless to say anything since the grievance is one not difficult to remedy, but one which a very little attention could set right. For some time past there has been a great deal of irregularity in the supply of hot water in the gymnasium. Some evenings it will be shut off altogether, before most of the squads have finished training; at other times the supply of hot water will...
...parts of the public business. He is elected to his office because of his knowledge and skill in a special field of municipal work, and takes charge of that department. Thus, city work offers to a young German a life career. An educated man makes a special study of water-works or building-laws or poor-relief. He learns the methods of the best European cities. He serves his time in the administration of some small town, and, perhaps, gets a place at the head of his chosen department in some small city, and tries to make that department...