Word: workout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...football squad renewed its efforts to make ready for Tufts yesterday afternoon, with a long workout emphasizing passing and Tufts' offensive and defensive patterns. Although Coach Lloyd Jordan asserted that the emphasis on passing was routine for this stage of the week, it came significantly in the wake of a very feeble Tufts effort at pass defense against Bowdoin Saturday...
Wood and Pask got so interested in the teaching problem that they created an electronic pupil named Eucrates I,* to give the electronic teacher a real workout. Eucrates is electronic but not bright. When not being taught, he is "thinking" in a confused way, and the electronic teacher must take account of his thinking habits. Eucrates follows instructions and observes clues, but is often wrong. If the teacher is too severe or goes too fast, Eucrates shows signs of electronic emotion, equivalent to bursting into tears. Then the electronic teacher is gentle with him until his little dials have stopped...
Coach Bill Leavitt is at a loss to explain this phenomenon, but he has had no difficulty spotting its effects. "The boys are still learning what its all about," he said yesterday as he came in from a chilly afternoon's workout. "We've had only a few time trials and are just starting to find out what this crew is like...
...week, he dons sneakers, a grey sweat suit and a Mother Hubbard bonnet that ties under his chin. With a black book in hand, he trots briskly around his driveway or the roof of his office building on lower Fifth Avenue as he memorizes new words. "After a stiff workout," says a friend, "Lou's breath comes in polysyllables...
Following the workout, Coach Lloyd Jordan asserted that "the work this week has progressed as well as last year" and that with a single exception, the team should go into the game at full strength. Missing is center Marv Lebevitz, who was sidelined for the season with an ankle fracture last week...