Word: faster
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...best to keep the undergraduates posted as to who's who in Petrograd. Yet by the time the CRIMSON reaches its readers, the whole situation has changed. The trouble is that the Russians can arrange a revolution in less time than a newspaper can go to press,--they are faster than the Mexicans. So we give up, and until definite news has reached us that one party is in power at least twenty-four hours, we shall refrain from posting the Russian score. The main difficulty in attempting to be a military critic of Russian affairs comes from the fact...
...Freshmen, 56; St. Benedict's School, 67; Providence Technical High School, 71. The first five men on the winning team were awarded individual cups. D. F. O'Connell '21, captain of the Freshmen, was the star of the race, winning first place in 16 minutes, 36 seconds, one second faster than the time of the Harvard-Yale Freshman contest last year. J. E. Nally '21, was a good third, crossing the line behind Nulty of St. Benedict's. Wakefield's first man was Burke in fourth place, but four other Wakefield runners finished in quick succession...
...Wendell was born in Boston, December 5, 1860, but spent his youth in New York City. He entered the University with the class of 1882 and attained early prominence by running the 100-yard dash in the fall track games in 10 1-4 seconds, one half second faster than the previous record. It was due to his enthusiasm and energy that the first University track team was formed the following spring, and he was captain of it all four years he was in College. In the spring of 1881 he ran the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat...
...winning the mile race in four minutes 16 seconds, and W. T. Hobbs of Dartmouth lowered by one-fifth of a second the record for the 50-yard high hurdles, when he covered the distance in six and four-fifths seconds. Overton ran the latter half of his race faster than the first, the time by quarters reading...
...principle difficulty then seemed to be an unwillingness, as well as an inability, to pass the puck; the work of the week, however, has corrected this fault to a large extent. The scoring ability of all four men is high, with Percy leading in total scored. They proved themselves faster on the ice than the Yale quartet last. Saturday, but whether this was due to their familiarity with the larger Boston Arena or merely to individual speed it is difficult...