Word: pace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pressed as close as they respectfully could to the Royal Train. Jock, faithful pony of the late King-Emperor, was left with the country folk but Charlotte, the venerable parrot of George V, was put aboard the train which for the first half mile steamed along at a walking pace...
...circulatory system is vigorous and the glandular balance is such as to make King Edward a man who for 20 years has kept going at a pace which runs his aides-de-camp, his servants and friends ragged...
...from a long, severe illness he is likely to be something of a hypochondriac, waiting with great eagerness for the slightest symptoms of relapse. Last week U. S. business seemed to be working itself into a similar state. There was much head-wagging over a slowing of the business pace. A December increase in world copper stocks, breaking a year-old trend, was eyed suspiciously. The automobile industry came in for a few black looks (see p. 52). And for the first time in a month, the stockmarket failed to show a net gain for the week...
...work in French. Produced by a Hungarian, written by an American, directed by a Frenchman, and acted by an English-speaking cast, it has the homogeneity of style, the smooth polish often conspicuously lacking in its Hollywood counterparts. Its most serious fault is an occasional lethargy of pace, which is the only thing it has in common with any other film comedy so far exported out of England...
Bill Bixby still sets the pace for the breaststrokers...