Word: paces
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Single flights and more dual work follow, along with cross-country trips, perhaps to New Bedford. It is up to the student to set his own pace. When he has logged a minimum of 45 hours in the air, he becomes eligible to take the government examination for his Private Pilot's License, which entitles him to carry passengers...
Dunlop, however, thinks a settlement without a price rise is "unlikely," but minimized its inflationary effect since all the other outstanding contract negotiations this year have already been decided. "Steel will follow, not set the pace," he suggested...
...pace began to tell on Freeman and Bomberger as the race wore on. With a mile to go, Fitzgerald and Mullin were running together, 25 yards ahead of their opponents. Fitzgerald outdueled his teammate on the final hill to win in 26:31, and Mullin held off late charges by Bomberger and Freeman to take second...
Some of the lines sound merely pompous. (Sample: "What makes Sammy run? The answer to that is the answer to everything. Not just to you, to me, but to the country-maybe to the whole world.") But Director Delbert Mann keeps the pace as brisk as Sammy's own. As the heel-hero's idealistic mentor, Al Manheim, John (Bachelor Father) Forsythe looks and sounds like the soft-hearted friend to man he was meant to be. Barbara Rush is Schulberg's "Vassar smarty-pants" scriptwriter down to the last inflection; Dina Merrill plays the conniving heiress...
...were the fireworks over. The next evening, after considerable discussion, Benjamin entered the two-mile against Graham Everitt, Scotland's 4:03 miler. Excitement began to grow as Benjamin led the field through the first mile in 4:29. As Everett fell behind, Benjamin kept up his withering pace. With a last 440 of 63.0, he hit the tape in a sensational 8:55.2, a new Harvard record and the best performance this season by an American runner...