Word: paced
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interest you and your correspondent, Mr. Robert Neville, to know that Ma Heng-chang, the much-publicized labor hero, the Chinese Stakhanov of "Inside Red China" [TIME, April 9] could not stand the production pace set up by himself and his brigade, and has suffered a complete mental collapse. He became a nervous wreck, and had to be taken to a sanatorium in Manchuria last August. This was unwittingly slipped through a report in a Communist newspaper, the Yangtse Daily, published in Hankow...
...from ideal for a fast race. The new quarter-mile track had been churned up by some 3,000 pounding runners, a gusty wind was blowing, and any time under 4:10 seemed highly unlikely. For the first half mile Bannister was content to stay with the pack (paced at a stodgy 2:06.2 by Stewart Ray). But before the four runners hit the three-quarter mark, Bannister, clearly impatient with the pace, lengthened his rangy stride and spurted to the lead...
Though Bannister had run his fastest mile ever, had thoroughly whipped the best in the U.S., he was still not satisfied with his showing. Said he, with an apologetic grin: "I was rather expecting Ray to set a faster pace, but when he didn't, I had to go out and do it by myself." Then, with refreshing candor, Bannister added: "Had I been pressed ... I would have simply accelerated ... I think I could have done...
...Arthur coverage in New York went as smoothly as in Washington. Manhattan's WPIX stood by with spares ready to rush to the scene in case any of the pooled TV equipment broke down; none did. Teetering truckloads of newsreel cameramen were able to keep pace with the parade all along its route. TV's mobile units were tied to three strategic locations (Liberty Street & Broadway, Bowling Green, City Hall) by the umbilical cords of power lines plugged into convenient buildings. The MacArthur coverage showed that TVmen were learning to be more relaxed about their business...
...Golden Lie has faults; Its pace is too slow and its dialogue lacks individual flavor. But it is good as a study of family life, and as a portrait of the natural links between boys it is even better. Mississippi-born Novelist Phillips has already written a competent first novel (The Bitterweed Path); in the critical business of writing his second one he has taken a good step forward...