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  2. Preferred walking speed - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, individuals place some value on their time. Economic theory therefore predicts that value-of-time is a key factor influencing preferred walking speed.. Levine and Norenzayan (1999) measured preferred walking speeds of urban pedestrians in 31 countries and found that walking speed is positively correlated with the country's per capita GDP and purchasing power parity, as well as with a ...

  3. Walking - Wikipedia

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    The word walk is descended from the Old English wealcan 'to roll'. In humans and other bipeds, walking is generally distinguished from running in that only one foot at a time leaves contact with the ground and there is a period of double-support. In contrast, running begins when both feet are off the ground with each step.

  4. Slowly I Turned - Wikipedia

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    The song is about a man who is triggered by innocently being called "dude" after his girlfriend left him, saying only "Yo, later, dude": "Slowly I turned," he says at the end of the song after recounting how he killed the innocent man with his bare hands. [9] [better source needed]

  5. Time's Paces - Wikipedia

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    Time's Paces is a poem about the apparent speeding up of time as one gets older. It was written by Henry Twells (1823–1900) and published in his book Hymns and Other Stray Verses (1901).

  6. Festina lente - Wikipedia

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    The emblem of the dolphin and anchor which has been used since Roman times to illustrate the adage. This example is the printer's mark of Aldus.. Festina lente (Classical Latin: [fɛsˈtiː.naː ˈlɛn.teː]) or speûde bradéōs (σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as ...

  7. A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses) - Wikipedia

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    Written by Arnold, Steve Nelson and Ray Soehnel, the song was Arnold's eighth number one, where it spent one week at the top of the Best Seller lists. The b-side of "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)", is a song titled, "Then I Turned and Slowly Walked Away" hit number four on the Folk Best Seller lists. [4]

  8. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    "Slowly but steadily." Comes before other terms; e.g. poco a poco crescendo ("increasing little by little") Ma non tanto: but not so much: Comes after other terms; e.g. adagio ma non tanto ("not quite at ease") Ma non troppo: but not too much: Comes after other terms; e.g. allegro ma non troppo ("not too joyful") Meno: less

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Better late than never; Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness