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Word: pace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Matmen Pace Bruins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOXERS LEAVE TODAY TO BATTLE CHAMPIONS | 1/10/1936 | See Source »

...When Warner Baxter, a promoter of strip acts who aspires to more artistic realms, buys himself a society wife (Mona Barrie), it is a foregone conclusion that he will not profit by the bargain. What is not a foregone conclusion about King of Burlesque is the sudden meteoric pace it strikes when Mr. Baxter starts his comeback. The situation at this point is Baxter down & out, with Alice Faye, lead in his old burlesque show, seeking a way to help him without making herself known. She and Jack Oakie hire a sandwichman to impersonate a millionaire and finance Baxter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 6, 1936 | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

German G. Gidden '36 made a good start for Harvard by swamping C. T. Barnes 3-0. Richard W. Gilder '36 kept the pace by defeating A. K. Black 3-1. In a closer match Alvah W. Sulloway '38 topped A. Keyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUASH TEAM WINS | 12/11/1935 | See Source »

...pistol crack set 129 pairs of legs into motion. For 200 yd. the pack of runners awkwardly angled across the springy turf like a vast centipede, then spread-eagled as the pace slackened. The legs plodded up Van Cortlandt Park's hilly course, coasted around to the starting field. Spectators, paying little attention to the wiry, green-jerseyed leader, No. 129, carefully watched Pennsylvania's smooth-striding Gene Venzke in 15th place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cross Country | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

...same incline again panted the long, wavering line. Suddenly the pace stepped up. A mile from home, Venzke was slightly in the van. Easily No. 129 shot forward. Venzke tried to match the spurt. For a few seconds they ran neck & neck. Then No. 129 torpedoed ahead, breezing by the tape 20 yd. in the lead. Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cross Country | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

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