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Until now, Lilac Gaylor and Lila Kingsley had been like an anagram which he could unscramble at his own pace and choosing.
The advantage of this approach was that in exploitation mounted infantry could keep pace with advancing tanks.
In the long term these efforts were generally unsuccessful because specialized database machines could not keep pace with the rapid development and progress of general-purpose computers.
A single canal horse could pull a load dozens of times larger than a cart at a faster pace.
Neville Chamberlain's European Policy in 1939 was based upon creating a " peace front " of alliances linking Western and Eastern European states to serve as a " tripwire " meant to deter any act of German aggression The new “ containment ” strategy adopted in March 1939 comprised giving firm warnings to Berlin, increasing the pace of British rearmament and attempting to form an interlocking network of alliances that would block German aggression anywhere in Europe by creating such a formidable deterrence to aggression that Hitler could not rationally chose that option.
Because of the manner in which the head of the Soviet project, Lavrenti Beria, used foreign intelligence ( as a third-party check, rather than giving it directly to the scientists, as he did not trust the information by default ) it is unknown whether Fuchs's fission information had a substantial effect ( and considering that the pace of the Soviet program was set primarily by the amount of uranium they could procure, it is hard for scholars to accurately judge how much time this saved the Soviets ).
Analog computers, most often, were capable of simulating at a much faster pace than real-time, a situation that could be just as dangerous as a slow simulation if it were not also recognized and accounted for.
This service continued to operate, but the inflexibility of a tram service could not keep pace with a growing city, and the tram service ceased to operate on August 7, 1948.
Garry Wills observes that the pace of production " overwhelmed " any possible response: " Who, given ample time could have answered such a battery of arguments?
No mass-market personal computer hardware vendor dared to be incompatible with the latest version of Windows, and Microsoft's annual WinHEC conferences provided a setting in which Microsoft could lobby for and — in some cases dictate — the pace and direction of the hardware of the PC industry.
“ There is a real need for residential development ,” he said, “ in which there is a strong sense of community ; a need to feed into the city some of the atmosphere and pace of the small town and village ; a need to create a community which can meet as many as possible of the needs of the people who live there ; which can bring these people into natural contact with one another ; which can produce out of these relationships a spirit and feeling of neighborliness and a rich sense of belonging to a community .” In a city that practiced strict racial segregation, Rouse intended Cross Keys to be open to all who could afford to live there.
The carriages ran on two parallel concrete beams and were guided by pulleys running on the inner side of these concrete beams, and were propelled by gripping a revolving screw thread running between the tracks in a pit ; by adjusting the pitch of this thread at different points, the carriages could be sped up, or slowed down to a walking pace at stations, to allow passengers to join and leave.
The pace of the Japanese advance to Nanking was such that it could be characterized as a " forced march ".
Proponents differed in the extent to which enlargement may have proceeded without the Treaty, some claimed that the very future of the Union's growth — if not existence — was at stake, while others said that enlargement could have legally proceeded — albeit at a slower pace — without it.
In a letter to Haggard dated 20 July 1912, his daughter Lillias documented a sighting of a Sea Serpent off the coast of Kessingland: " we are convinced we saw a sea serpent! I happened to look up when I was sitting on the lawn, and saw what looked like a thin, dark line with a blob at one end, shooting through the water at such a terrific speed it hardly seemed likely that anything alive could go at such a pace ... I suppose it was about 60 feet long.
In early days towns were usually built four to six miles ( 10 km ) apart so that a person could journey to a town at the slow pace of an oxen, and return home again before night fall.
Accessibility to New York City and New Brunswick enhanced the borough's reputation as a prestigious place to live, and the modern suburban ideal of small-town life where tired businessmen could escape the pace of the city grew in popularity.
Tatum tended to work and to record unaccompanied, partly because relatively few musicians could keep pace with his fast tempos and advanced harmonic vocabulary.
Only by differentiating the two levels of the educational process and making each as comprehensive as possible, could higher education hope to prepare students to cope with the rapid pace of technological, economic, and political change.
He gained one place at the first corner but then could not keep the pace of the cars in front.
However, Scholz wanted the record to be recorded in his basement studio, so that he could work at his own pace.
He later claimed that he simply could not adjust to the pace of the game.
Standardbreds are so named because in the early years of the Standardbred stud book, only horses who could trot or pace a mile in a standard time ( or whose progeny could do so ) were admitted to the book.

pace and now
She hesitated, she hopped, she rolled and rocked, skipped and jumped, but in some two weeks she started to pace, From that time to this she has shown steady improvement and now looks like one of the classiest things on the grounds.
The former district of quiet villas was by now anything but quiet: Potsdamer Platz had taken on an existence all its own whose sheer pace of life rivalled anything within the city.
Despite the halting pace of reform and signs of slowing GDP growth today, Slovenians now enjoy the highest per capita income of all the transition economies of central Europe.
Events now began to move at a quick pace.
Adrien Begrand of PopMatters dismissed the original recording, but praised the re-release, writing " the album blazes on at a furious pace, and being a 1985 metal album, the subject matter, though now a bit dated, is such a refreshing change from the suburban angst that dominates today's nu-metal.
CBS Television announcer Chic Anderson's described the horse's pace in a famous commentary: " Secretariat is widening now!
He takes the first warning of the Walk, which Olson states is a " smart move ", since he takes a warning while he's fresh and has now established the lower end of the pace.
Frank, now entirely across Fremont street and still walking at a good pace according to Claiborne's testimony, fired twice more before he was shot in the head under his right ear.
It also led directly to the foundation of The Manchester Guardian ( now The Guardian ), but had little other effect on the pace of reform.
According to ancient standards the pace was equal to 6 ft and 300 paces to a li ; but now the li is reckoned as 360 paces of 5 ft each.
The now crumbling defences will not be replaced and the spit will continue to move westwards at a rate of 2 metres per year, keeping pace with the coastal erosion further north.
Several Expansion Schemes were heading at such pace to rearm the British military in face of the Nazi threat that " Area " formations were now to be called " Commands ".
As a conservative Republican and a financier, Mellon was irritated by the manner in which the government's budget was maintained, with expenses due now and rising rapidly, with the failure of income or revenues to keep pace with those expense increases, and with the lack of savings.
With Great Britain and France having agreed a truce, the pace of negotiation now quickened, and the main treaties were finally signed on 11 April 1713.
The temperature of the ash caused the water to evaporate, propelling the pyroclastic flow ( now only consisting of the lighter material ) along at an even faster pace than before on a bed of steam.
You can now take classes online at your own pace through a university, and get a degree that way.
Development has gathered pace since the 1970s when the first formal courses in Film Studies and, later, Media Studies, were established as options for young people in the 14-19 age range: over 100, 000 students ( about 5 % of this age range ) now take these courses annually.
In December 2006, the AAAS adopted an official statement on climate change in which they stated, " The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society .... The pace of change and the evidence of harm have increased markedly over the last five years.
It will have a powerful impact on the other countries of the world, and will radically alter the course of development which they have followed up to now, while greatly stepping up its pace.
Throughout the latter half of 1990s, Elefante continued his breakneck pace as producer, and now record label chief.
By now, the legions escorting the baggage, having received a report of the action, had come on at double pace and the enemy could see them coming over the hill above the camp.
Brian Statham returned for the now legendary Fourth Test at Old Trafford, taking Trueman's place and opening the bowling with Bailey, but no pace bowlers were needed here for this was " Laker's Match ", the Surrey off-spinner taking an unparalleled 19 wickets in the match.
As a result, a region which had several hundred inhabitants some sixty years ago now boasts a population of well over 1. 5 million, growing at a pace of over five percent a year.

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