Word: paces
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...owner of a battered, windowless yellow taxi, was as easygoing as his sister. He had the hooded eyes and easy smile of a man whose greatest pleasure in life was sleep, something which, I would find out, he could do anywhere, anytime. He drove at walking pace, the better to be able to chat to friends and relatives we passed on the road. And when I queried the health of the ancient Nissan as it groaned on a slight incline, Danielo explained he didn't worry about things like shocks, door handles or windows - or any kind of mechanical work...
...barrage of offensive firepower and a blistering performance from Fairfield’s Travis Nelson was the difference, as the junior attackman lit the Crimson up for nine points in the game. Many of Nelson’s four goals and five assists came in transition, where the quick pace helped the Stags to a 43-31 shot advantage in the game. “Their transition just killed us,” said co-captain midfielder John Henry Flood. “We’d have the ball, and then we’d have turnovers and they?...
...over Sacred Heart, 16-8. The Pioneers narrowed the gap to five points but failed to take the game, as Harvard came out on top, 30-23. Although the Crimson ultimately overpowered Sacred Heart, the second game was much closer. “They slowed us down with the pace of the game in the second game,” Ridolfi said. “We don’t usually play as slow as they were forcing us to play, but it was nice to play at their speed and beat that.” Both teams exchanged points...
This was Gonzales' second round in as many weeks, having joined FBI chief Robert Mueller in admitting how far the FBI had stretched the Patriot Act in order to probe the phone and bank records of 52,000 people suspected of terrorism. Setting the pace in the accountability race was Defense Secretary Bob Gates, who fired the Army Secretary for not firing those responsible for the Walter Reed scandal...
...heavy-handed tactics seem to be backfiring. Whatever his intention, Musharraf's move has become a lightning rod for opposition by moderate Pakistanis frustrated with the slow pace of democratic reform. "This impinges so directly on the independence of the judiciary," says Samina Ahmed, Islamabad-based project director for the International Crisis Group. "This is the type of issue that will change the way people look at the executive - the last few apologists for this regime. There's a certain amount of desperation...