Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been a byword to awe. Lhasa, the Forbidden City-what European had seen it? A few 18th Century Capuchin friars; persistent but mostly unsuccessful 19th Century explorers. Not until 1904, under armed expedition of Col. Francis E. Younghusband, was there any adequate description. Since then things have moved faster in the Buddhist Mecca...
...question of speed, I confidently predict that the dirigibles of the future will exceed 100 miles an hour. This means a passenger from New York would arive in London in about 30 hours. At present, we can go 60 miles an hour in some airships, which is much faster time than the best trans-Atlantic liners make...
...opening scenes had been fast, the costumes faster--and the audience sat stunned, shocked, filled with inhibitions. Whoever was running the show must have realized that as far as the spectators were concerned, the show was a flop. Then, he too remembered that he was in Boston. He acted quickly. "Break out the winter underwear!" was his shout. And as the review progressed more and more cheesecloth appeared, and one and two leaf costumes blossomed into whole shrubs...
...seconds for the five mile distance. The new Yale course was rough under foot and very hilly so that Smith's time will probably stand as a record for several years. J. L. Reid '29 was clocked in 28 minutes and 25 2-5 seconds, four seconds faster than he has ever done previously...
...eleven has journeyed a more checkered road than for many seasons past. Two defeats began the season, Geneva affording Crimson followers the slight consolation that could be denied from its excellence, and Holy Cross allowing the Crimson stands at least three periods of exultation. William and Mary struck a faster, smoother, keener eleven than Boston newspaper writers had seen for several years. The grand Crimson climax came when French sprinted through the twilight to top the twelve points scored by a far from important Dartmouth team. Last week saw a 69 to 5 snowfall over Tufts, which may prove much...