Word: paced
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Today, as more and more news occurs in Africa. TIME has geared its coverage to keep pace with the events there. I recently asked our Johannesburg bureau chief, Alexander Campbell (TIME, June 9, 1952), to describe this pace. With the help of nine part-time correspondents, his regular beat includes everything south of the Sahara-a territory roughly 2½ times the size of the United States...
When it was announced that Barthel had passed the three-quarter-mile mark in 3:09.2, the knowing crowd groaned, for at such a pace a record was impossible. But the groans turned to cheers as Barthel cut loose with his famed finishing sprint. With no one to push him. Barthel whirled around the banked track in a burning final quarter of 58.3 seconds, finished 20 yards ahead of Runner-Up Fred Wilt. At the finish, Barthel seemed to be the only man in the Garden not noticeably out of breath. His time: 4:07.5, third fastest in Wanamaker history...
Though school and hospital cooperated in some degree down the years, they muffed the chance to get into the forefront of medical progress by joining forces when other medical centers began to be set up (e.g., Manhattan's pace-making Columbia-Presbyterian). Yale Graduate Harvey Gushing, later one of the world's most famed neurosurgeons, refused an appointment from his alma mater in 1906 because he thought the school was in the doldrums and would not get out until it teamed up with the hospital...
...takes an athletic and hardy constitution to get the most out of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Like a three ring circus, there is so much to do, both planned and spontaneous, that a dead run pace is necessary to keep up with slightly over had of the attractions...
...supporting cast is generally excellent. Camera work adds much to the mood of the film, and usually relies upon darkness and shadow to accompany the drama. Jane Eyre has probably received its classic film treatment in this version, which retains the novel's exciting pace and a good deal of its insight. The appeal of the film, however, does not rest solely on a fine performance or lively drama. Despite its confused, mysterious overtones, Miss Bronte's novel is drawn along clear, simple lines. Her characters, once their secrets are uncovered, are easy to understand and she leaves no loose...