Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other hand France's policy means that there can be no reduction in Europe's armies, and that the nations, large and small, must continue their back-breaking armaments to keep the pace already set. Under such circumstances economic stability is exceedingly unlikely, as it is in large measure the cost of standing armies which requires the issue of paper money and which has caused the wild disregard of budgets now prevalent in many countries...
...expansion of the University it is important that control of the component parts keep pace with the growth of the whole body, or clumsy, lack of efficiency will result. This at present is unavoidably true of the administration of Hemenway Gymnasium. The rest of the athletic establishment of the University are in the hands of the Harvard Athletic Association, and the schedules, handling of equipment, and direction of the various sports are all determined in its offices. Hemenway Gymnasium alone, inadequate as it is for present purposes, stands apart under the management of the Department of Physical Education. This...
...industrialism. Slowly but surely the mill and factory are taking the place of the village and household industries in China. But there are no labor laws, there are no restrictions of hours, there are no minimum wage guarantees, there is unblushing exploitation of the labor of children. The pace is set by foreign firms, closely followed by the Chinese employers themselves. One does not need to assert that there is only one side to this question in order to argue the point that herein lies one of China's most serious difficulties for the remainder of the century...
Setting the pace with this rally the University batters did not give the opposing pitchers a moment's rest. A walk, an error, and five hits gave the Crimson three more runs the next inning, and in the fourth Owen kept up the scoring by driving out a long three-base hit into deep center-field. A run in the fifth and two in the sixth paved the way for the long rally in the next inning when Owen again drove out a hit with two men on. Three more hits, a walk, and a fielder's choice added...
Seabury Cook of New Bedford, chosen to stroke Crew A, has already proved his ability as a pace setter, notably in the Freshman race last fall against the University boat. In addition to Cook, three other former members of A. C. M. 1-Curran, Welsman, and Bangs-have won berths in the first shell, while only two members of the victorious football crew made seats. Kelley, at number 7, rowed that position on the second football boat, and Hastings was formerly placed...