Word: slower
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heavyweight J.V. race, Dartmouth took second place two-and-one-half-lengths behind the Crimson by pulling away from Princeton in the last quarter of a mile. Time for the J.V. contest was a much slower 9:30.6, since stiff head winds in the middle of the race forced the Crimson stroke down...
...second eight, now a length slower than the first will race this morning. Coolidge, stressing the impossibility of making any close prediction about a Freshman race, does feel that the lightweights can hope for "a good showing...
...because of the difficulty of carrying out experiments in education which have backing for only one year. He also pointed out, however, that when new funds have to be solicited each year, educators are tempted to favor experiments which bring fast results and will encourage immediate support rather than slower ones which might be more profitable in the long...
...Commercial loans, which have been running slower than expected, rose $46 million, to $29 billion in early March, $8,000,000 above the year-earlier total...
...from a Manhattan hospital, an operation on the infected third finger of his right hand a success. Barred from the keyboard for at least two months, tireless Van, who has pounded away at some 90 concerts since his return from Russia last May, seemed almost resigned to trying a slower pace: "My doctor is trying to make me realize I must be more selfish, conserve my energy. If I don't, I won't be able to give anything to anybody...