The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to clam manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt, begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines".
四个并列关系,为什么只有speculation后面用分号,其他都用逗号?是因为halt后面有个逗号吗?