Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nevertheless, everyone wondered how soon small Dr. Queuille would go flying out the revolving door of French politics. That door has been whirling faster & faster of late, exasperating the friends of France abroad and infuriating her people at home. The large number of French parties, fostered by a system of proportional representation, means that one party can hardly ever control more than 35% of the National Assembly. This in turn means that the party in power must govern in coalition with other parties-which keep a jealous watch and often kick over the traces when they get restive...
...speed of the dive increased, the machometer needle crept up to Mach 1, the speed of sound. Then it went on up to Mach 1.1. The controls felt heavy, but nothing really unpleasant happened. Derry checked the speed and leveled off. He had traveled faster than sound in an engine-driven plane (the DH-108 is no rocket-ship like the U.S. Bell S-1), and was none the worse. His top speed was probably just under 700 m.p.h...
Exceeding the speed of sound in a brief power dive is not the same thing as flying continuously faster than sound in level flight. U.S. planes are rumored to have done it too. But if they have, the military has chosen to keep...
...brings to any enterprise are his organizing and administrative ability. He applies both to his personal life so formidably that there is never a paper left on his desk or a question left unanswered in any committee over which he presides. Says Theologian Niebuhr: "He gets through a meeting faster and better than anyone I know...
...village square a rusty gramophone was grinding out popular waltz tunes. Soon the pilgrims began betting on whether Maria would die. They bet money, their wine crops, their horses, mules and even pieces of land. As Maria's hour of agony drew near the wine flowed faster, the music beat louder, the bets went higher...