Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...faster singles, Henri Cochet trounced Lott and Borotra was extended to defeat Hennessey...
Nearing Portales, Mexico, last week, the passengers in a bus became frightened. They were on a straight road but the driver of the bus was making it go faster and faster so that it lurched across the highway. The passengers called to the driver; he paid no attention to their cries, but leaned lazily back driving with one hand, reckless and grinning. At last one of the passengers jumped into the seat beside him, pulled the emergency brake, stopped the bus and abused the driver who had been dead for about three minutes...
...single color. Only those parts of the scene that are blue will be photographed through the blue screen; only the yellow scene parts through the yellow screen; etc. The next frame gets another color impression. And so on around the shutter colors. The photographs are taken a little faster than ordinary moving pictures...
...almost every golf course in the land. Dresses changed and women golfers got better. Golf became the national game and hoydens of 16 got so they could hit 200-yard drives. Mrs. Fox was not discouraged. As she got older, she took to wearing shorter dresses, walking a little faster, and hitting the ball a little harder. Girl champions appeared played for a few years, then got married and forgot their mashies. Not so Mrs. Fox. She continued to play in every important tournament. When she won, no one was surprised...
...Roller skating is encouraged in the stock rooms of large stores that occupy vast areas. Errand and stock boys and girls are equipped with skates, and besides getting around faster, think of the fun! Marshall Field in Chicago started this. In New York we hear it is done at Altman's and at Macy...