Word: slower
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Foreign Secretary, remarked to Winston Churchill that the U.S. was like "a gigantic boiler; once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can produce." Right after Korea, the U.S. thought it lit a fire. The boiler, however, was a lot slower to heat than it used to be. Last week, nearly 17 months after the invasion, the fires still smoked and sputtered, the boiler bubbled weakly, and the instruments of war were still coming out in a thin trickle...
Most awesome of Hart's sporting accomplishments to many observers was his triumph last year in the Cambridge-to-Wellesley bike race, an event which he had also won the year before. Last spring, in the balloon tire class, he turned in a time which was only thirteen seconds slower than the racing-bike winner...
...Curtis relegated largely to defensive duties. Tom (no relation) Collins is Dartmouth's leading left half. Only five pounds heavier than his namesake, he is an entirely different type of runner--a heavy-duty ball carrier who serves on quick-openers through the line. Behind him is a slightly slower man named Russ Small...
...situation, an inside and outside-tackle between the strong-side guard and strong-side end, is less promising. John Nichols and Arnie Horween, weighing a total of 430 pounds, have been running mates in early practice with a tentative first line. Horween, son of the former coach, is the slower and less experienced of the two. Letterman Hank Toepke played more or less regularly last season, and Bernie O'Brien is a fair sophomore prospect...
...situation, an inside and outside-tackle between the strong-side guard and strong-side end, is less promising. John Nichols and Arnie Horween, weighing a total of 430 pounds, have been running mates in early practice with a tentative first line. Horween, son of the former coach, is the slower and less experienced of the two. Letterman Hank Toepke played more or less regularly last season, and Bernie O'Brien is a fair sophomore prospect...