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Word: paceful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which will be pretty hard for anyone to beat today, although Princeton's Ronald Wittreich ought to press him. Dartmouth looks good for the cross country, with the 1948 champion, Stan Waterman, and Penn's Jeff Kirk, a member of last year's Olympic team, will probably set the pace over the hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Team to Seek Third in Heps | 3/5/1949 | See Source »

Shep Brown placed third in the 50-yd freestyle after pace-setter Joe Fox, who later trailed deForrest in the 100-yd freestyle to place second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Dunk Quakers in 42-33 Meet at Philadelphia | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

Shopkeepers and restaurant men clicked their abacuses busily. The price of food climbed hourly until dinner for three at the Eighth Heaven atop the New Asia Hotel cost $33 U.S. Not all could stand the pace. Said one minor government official: "All my family has had to eat for a week is bananas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Exile In Canton | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Last week's production accepted, indeed courted, Richard as melodrama. Everything was painted in bold primary colors; a good deal was literally bathed in baleful crimson light. But the thing had pace and a certain crude excitement, and Richard Whorf's usurper, limping of foot and swift of brain, was enjoyably malign. There was nothing subtle about any of it, and toward the end there was much that was strident; but if never anything more, it was a pretty good show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Feb. 21, 1949 | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Nevertheless, Harvard made an encouraging showing, Cliff Crosby enjoyed his hottest night in three years, tossing up 16 points to pace both teams. All but two of them came in the second half, when Crosby's deadly aim kept Harvard in the game...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Lions Nudge Out Quintet in Arena Heartbreaker, 57-53 | 2/16/1949 | See Source »

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