Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...floor. In a moment the Chamber was in an uproar. Deputies and ushers rushed toward the struggling men. M. Franklin-Bouillon, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, ran full tilt into Communist Deputy Bourlois, who struck him a resounding punch in the face. Staggered, M. Bouillon stepped back a pace, blood dripping from his nose, and in a second more he closed with the Communist and they rolled to the floor...
Albert Carroll leads the parodists a hurricane pace in the several roles of "Joseph Schildkraut as Benvenuto Cellini," Sergeant Squirt, Lynn Fontanne (in Mr. and Mrs. Guardsman) Pavlowa (L'Irlandesa Rosa dell' Abie) and Florence Mills (in the Harlem Cabaret...
...general, the opinion prevails that the present rapid pace will not result in overproduction, owing to rapid retail sales. The motor industry, despite its eternal enthusiasm, has nevertheless acquired a wholesome respect for inventory figures; and it is stated that, as soon as retail demand tapers off, most makers will at once curtail production...
...Nurmi whose legs churned up and down, whose shoulders rolled, whose chest heaved-one who unmistakably resembled that unhappy journeyman of the piles, hookworm, gallstones, liver complaint, kidney trouble, Bright's disease, lost manhood-poor Before. They saw him, with a desperate display of iron willpower, set a pace that cost him anguish and troubled not at all Runner Helffrich, who loped behind until, in the last hundred yards, he sprinted, broke the tape, gave Nurmi the first defeat he has sustained in a scratch race since he was beaten by Josef Guillemot of France...
...must be admitted, to expect the highly improbable. Holy Cross is conceded all the odds for today's game and it will be little short of a miracle that will reverse the dope. Since its previous win over the Crimson, the Worcester nine has been keeping up its consistent pace getting the edge in its series with Boston College by taking the first two games...