Word: paced
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...happened that the cotton mills had an excellent excuse for slackening their pace-a shortage of cotton. It was a purely man-made shortage, for the U. S. Government holds under loan 11,400,000 bales, enough to keep the U. S. in shirts and skirts, sheets and towels, for nearly two years...
...competition for the individual batting title, each with a mark of .429, consisting of 12 hits in 28 trips to the plate. Ned Hein of Dartmouth has .438 but he has played in only 2-3 of his team's games. George Hanna of Dartmouth, last week's pace-setter, went hitless Saturday in four official times at bat and dropped to an even...
Capacity wise: All capital goods investment (private and Government) put $15,000,000,000 to $20,000,000,000 a year of total new money to work in each War year. Production doubled between 1914 and 1917, the pace of U. S. economic activity stepped up, the way was paved for the still greater output during the 1920s. In 1926 production was 10% greater than the 1917 peak. U. S. economy has grown in size. Example: Wartime steel capacity was overstrained to produce 40,000,000 tons; present capacity is over 70,000,000 tons. In the grown-up economy...
...YORK--Wall Street sentiment improved moderately last week and stocks edged up to around the best levels in a month. Trading dwindled, however, to the slowest pace since last June, most operators pursuing a cautious policy...
...problem that used to be a burner, "What's Fred going to do for a stroke?" has been answered by the presence of Randy Fenninger, pace-setter of the Freshman boat last year. Preceded by two brothers on Orange and Black varsity boats, Fenninger has racing in his blood and pounds out a rhythmic as well as a powerful stroke...