Word: pace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Matmen Pace Bruins...
...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...
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...
...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...
...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...