Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...generalship and a record which shows him to be one of the best ground gainers on the team. Coady at fullback is a reliable kicker and is also a big offensive factor in his running ability. Crosby, the star back of last year's Freshman team, and Miller, the fastest and at the same time the heaviest man in the lineup, have proven their ability of taking the ball through the stiffest opposition...
...shook warmly by the hand, joined in reminiscent laughter. It was years ago, when Edison was a verdant cub on the telegraph desk of a Boston newspaper, that he was set by his overlord to receive a despatch from Hutchinson's rapid key in New York. Hutchinson was "the fastest man in the business," Edison's assignment a (supposedly) cruel one. Dots and dashes ripped in at a dizzy pace for several thousand words when the key paused and Hutchinson clicked, with mock solicitude: "Are you getting this?" Back clicked Cub Edison: "Send with your other foot...
...piece of sculpture; the style of a racing thoroughbred; the bright, scrupulous cruelty of an accomplished boxer. It has been proved a thousand times that neither this speed nor the grace that is its afterglow has much to do with efficiency-that the clumsy nag can often travel fastest, the hardest hitter win-but men persist in betting on good form. This was illustrated one damp evening last spring in a Manhattan boxing ring (TIME, June...
...Australian crawl is the fastest stroke known, and when Mrs. Coolidge learns this she will be able to cut through the water in great shape. She likes to swim, she enjoys the water and yields easily to suggestion...
...almost 30,000 since last year. Estimating the population of the city as four times the number of school children, Detroit has a population of 1,255,892; "Greater Detroit," a population of $1,500,000. In 1921 a city census showed a population of 942,373. "The fastest growing city in the world," cried boosters...