Word: pace
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe caricatured the voracious men who work 16-hour days, earn outrageous salaries that never keep pace with their desires, and consider themselves "Masters of the Universe." But Wolfe was a tourist; Lewis issues his catcalls from deep inside the jungle. At the top of the food chain is Salomon's CEO, who presides with a smooth amalgam of drive and hypocrisy, speaking loftily of social issues and encouraging his staff to bilk the clients. Below him are ranks of predators, among them a man so dedicated to consumption that he is labeled "the Human...
Overall, Built to Last is a very soft-spoken album. The tempered pace may disappoint fans who enjoyed the quick cadences and easy accessibility of In the Dark, but the soft, melodic nature and homogeneous texture of Built to Last lends the Dead's newest project strength as well as weaknesses. The album does hold up well after repeated listening, and while none of the tracks are particularly catchy, they are interesting enough to be fresh the second and third time around...
Part One was pure euphoria for the Crimson. In the season opener, Robin Johnston scored four goals as Harvard blew away Columbia. Three days later, Johnston scored again to pace a 1-0 defeat of New Hampshire...
...Crimson was undefeated. Johnston was on a 35-goal pace. Reilly had two shutouts in two games. This couldn't last...
...plumes of molten rock that roil up from the planet's superheated core. Many of the world's largest earthquakes occur at the boundaries of such plates. The San Andreas fault system divides the Pacific plate and the North American plate, which grind past each other at the pace of 2 in. a year. But this movement of the plates is not uniform. Along fault zones the plates tend to become "locked," resisting the overall motion. Explains Berkeley seismologist Robert Uhrhammer: "Stress builds up in these areas that are in effect welded shut. It's as if the rock were...