Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...driving rain caused the scratch list to mount alarmingly, race officials decided to postpone the running of the spring classic until tomorrow morning in the hope that improved atmospheric conditions would bring faster times and cleaner running...
Milton Reynolds is a shrewd salesman who will go to any lengths to publicize his ball-point pens. Last week, he went about as far as he could go-around the world, faster than anyone had ever gone before. As an advertising and promotional stunt, Milt Reynolds' record-breaking flight was well worth the $175,000 it cost. As a flying feat of luck and endurance, it was even more notable...
...loker is the portable Geiger counter, which finds uranium under the ground as a hog smells out truffles. The prospector carries it over the hills, poking into crevices. In his earphones he hears a few clicks stirred up by cosmic rays and normal earth radioactivity. If the clicks come faster, his heart generally beats faster too. If they swell to a roar, he may be near a uranium bonanza...
...foreign competition is increasing, much faster than anticipated. In the first half of 1946, U.S.-flag lines were carrying 96% of transatlantic traffic. By last week, although overall traffic was up after the bad winter, the percentage was down to 79%. U.S. lines, Patterson felt, could not compete among themselves and with government-backed foreign lines as well. To lick this foreign type of monopoly, he would set up U.S. monopolies...
...courses in the field are generally stiff and thorough. Men with a sizeable background in chemistry usually breeze through their first courses, but the pace gets progressively faster and the competition, notoriously grade-hungry, is enough to keep even a Conant on his toes...