Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first pitch to Murphy was wild, permitting both runners to advance. Three pitches later the count was 2-2. Then Godin fanned Murphy with a change of pace to end the game. HARVARD (5) ab r h po a e Dunn, ss 3 2 2 0 3 2 Caulfield, lf 2 1 0 1 0 0 Moffie, cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 Coulson, 1b 3 1 0 11 0 0 Mannino, 3b 4 0 2 3 2 0 Neal, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Crosby, c 3 0 0 7 1 0 Cavanaugh...
Change of Pace...
...have an uncomprehending respect for people who so describe him for you feel they belong to the inner circle, the practiced. The outsider suspects the significance of the torrent of Oxford language which pours forth from this round and rumpled gentleman but seldom succeeds in keeping up with his pace. Berlin himself observes that his audiences "first struggle desperately but then sink under, staring with glazed eyes." One intense lady became so desperate that she finally interrupted, "I'm sorry, Mr. Berlin, but I don't speak Russian...
...explanation of the alignment of boats in these races is in order. 150 pound crews, containing no man over 155 pounds are slower and can keep their pace for less distance than the average heavy eight. This is because much of the smoothness and drive of a shell is provided by the easy swing of the upper body and shoulders of the oarsmen at the catch and that, because light weights must make up in strength what they lack in beef, they muscle out a more strenuous and less rhythmic stroke. The Crimson third heavies versus the first...
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (L'Or-chestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Charles Munch conducting; English Decca, 4 sides). Conductor Münch often gallops through music that demands a more becoming pace; here, where they are not needed, he too often wears hobbles. Recording: excellent...