put through one’s paces To require another to display the full range of his abilities; to test another’s resources to the utmost. Paces here refers to the training steps or gaits of horses. The equestrian phrase was first extended to persons called upon to perform at their maximum potentia...
(INFCE); JulyandAugust saw the meetingof the UN Committeeon DisarmamentA; ugust and SeptembesrawthesecondreviewconferencoeftheNuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty(NPT), andscheduledforlaterinSeptembewr eretheannualGeneral ConferencoeftheInternationAaltomicEnergyAgency(IAEA) andthefirst meetingoftheIAEA's new...