Word: paces
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...telegraph desk of a Boston newspaper, that he was set by his overlord to receive a despatch from Hutchinson's rapid key in New York. Hutchinson was "the fastest man in the business," Edison's assignment a (supposedly) cruel one. Dots and dashes ripped in at a dizzy pace for several thousand words when the key paused and Hutchinson clicked, with mock solicitude: "Are you getting this?" Back clicked Cub Edison: "Send with your other foot...
...must inevitably waddle. Some, as a result of careful rehearsal or athletic exercise, achieve a grace in waddling; almost none manage to run. In San Francisco a fortnight ago Miss Wanda Danley equaled the female world's record for a 100-yard dash ?11 2/5 seconds. This phenomenal pace could be equaled or eclipsed by almost any lean-shanked prep-school lad who is accounted a runner...
...errors of Matthews, Weld and Grays are not being repeated. And future generations will thank God that no neo-Gothic monstrosities have been introduced to mar the simple beauty of the colonial type. The expansion of Harvard's plant and equipment is rapidly becoming an accomplished fact, keeping pace with the need for enlarged facilities...
...nonmember would run around the course as if he were afraid of his shadow? Who but a rumdum or a simpleton would play his ball without taking a stance? It was clearly a matter to be reported. Some 20 minutes later the two dotards, traveling at their turtle pace, reached the 18th green, approached the greenskeeper...
...woman from Argentina slipped into the sea from Cape Griz Nez. A hailstorm struck her an hour out, but she made extraordinary time. In a little over two hours she made four miles. Four hours out she (vegetarian) took a little food, appeared to get new vigor, increased her pace. Seven hours out she was only eight miles from Dover. No previous swimmer had ever made such fast time. Seven hours and five minutes out she called to an Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who was "pacing" her.: "Catch me, Helmy." He turned. She grasped him and fainted. Aboard...