Word: pace
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nitti has already writen one book on the war, Europa senza Pace-Peaceless Europe. An indefatigable worker, he has never ceased to labor for what he considers the rightful cause of the Allies and, as his book proves, he is not afraid to speak out when occasion demands such a course, even though what he has to say is against popular belief. His book is an eloquent tribute to his sincerity...
...strong squad to Soldiers Field for the second meet of the Engineer's season. The individual star of the team is Captain A. D. Smith, who won both the 220-yard and 440-yard races against Maine last Saturday, and who will probably set Captain Burke a fast pace in the quarter mile. In the dashes, Heap and Porter are two of M. I. T.'s best men, while exclusive of Captain Smith, Bateman, Snow, and Makepeace are the fastest quartermilers. This trio, along with Captain Smith and Poor, are the outstanding performers in the 880-yard...
...mile that the University oarsmen gave evidence of the weakness that cost them the race. The two shells went off the line together and for a quarter mile or so there was not much to choose between them. At this point, however, Brown essayed a higher stroke to keep pace with the heightened beat in the Freshman boat, and it was here that his eight began to lose ground. Unable to continue effectively at this pace, the University stroke lengthened the beat and dropped to an even 30 where the added power and drive began to show in a steady...
...encouraging sign for the coming struggle with the Princeton Freshman and Navy plebes was the victory of the 1926 "Red" crew over the "Blacks" on the Basin yesterday afternoon. Although the race was over the full distance of a mile and seven-eighths the winners appeared to stand the pace without difficulty and finished four lengths to the good. The Union Boat Club crew also was in at the get-away but dropped out at the Henley flags...
...game which Richards played was almost incredible in pace, flexibility, finish. Journalists ran dry of superlative in their attempts to do him justice and paid him the most potent compliment at their command by naming him as " Tilden's peer...