Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Frank Pace Jr., President, International Executive Service Corps...
...concern must be with our own planet. Here we face the danger that large-scale engineering projects which give us a short-term gain may carry with them long-term ecological consequences which are distinctly harmful. We must make sure, therefore, that our concern with the environment will keep pace with our technical capabilities. Human activities -whether by neglect or by accident or by intent-are constantly damaging the environment: Lake Erie might be called exhibit A; the Santa Barbara oil disaster, exhibit B; and there are many more examples. In addition, subtle changes are taking place in our atmosphere...
...they kept pace with press briefings, government receptions and panel discussions, the tour members-some of them veterans of previous TIME trips -proved willing and capable newsmen. They took notes along the way, shot rolls of black and white and color film and, above all, asked questions...
Breakneck Pace. Almost daily, letters pour into his home at Matsumoto from men looking for "a girl as pure as the limpid waters in the brooks of the Japan alps" or a young lady "with the most charming eyes," and from girls seeking the "right boy." Ishizaka, who insists upon interviewing all candidates at their homes, works at a breakneck pace: he engineered a mate for the alpinist in only a week and found the necessary charming-eyed lovely in 24 hours. He never asks a fee, leaving that to the generosity of the persons concerned. The largest...
...relatively slow early pace in the two-mile allowed Shorter to stay in contention in his second race of the meet. Harvard's Doug Hardin made his move with a lap to go, opening up a quick six-yard lead, but again Shorter came on strong at the end, edging into the lead five yards from the finish. His meet record time of 8:51.4 also established a new Yale record for the event...