Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Arthur Eddington says that Rutherford used to "pull my leg" because Sir Arthur was a mere theorist. Enormously respected and revered by the Cavendish workers, Rutherford was rated by them a hard taskmaster. When he went down to London for the Thursday meetings of the Royal Society, the pace of work at Cavendish noticeably slackened...
Therefore, the book in a way marks the limits of swing music. Rick Martin needed jazz and expected too much from it; he kept playing never satisfied, until he could not keep pace with hi sown playing. Yet those very limits show what swing really is; the crazy almost destructive life that goes with it is part of a native American form of art a noisy yet magnetic medium for American creation...
Superbly acted, with English titles to translate its polyglot dialogue, Grand Illusion's principal defect is that an occasional exaggerated attention to detail tends to retard its pace. It is notable for restoring Erich von Stroheim (a top-priced director until a combination of extravagant pictures and his own erratic temperament cut short his Hollywood career) to the screen in a more sympathetic role than those he used to play. Good shot: the moment at the dress rehearsal of a prison show when the first member of the cast tries on a woman's dress...
...centuries ago Catherine the Great of Russia had a 952-piece set of Wedgwood pottery. Today Queen Elizabeth II of England still sips her morning tea from Wedgwood. Added evidence that Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. keeps pace with the times was last week's laying of a cornerstone for a new hyperefficient, modern electric kiln outside Hanley, England...
...does drink sociably. He doesn't smoke. Girls have no part in his life, or he successfully conceals the fact. Of his secretary, pretty, red-headed Peggy Dowd with sparkling blue eyes, he says. "God bless her, she's a wonder!" because she can match his working pace...