Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...world's fastest natural ski course is a tamped snow swath without a jump down the nearly perpendicular face of a mountain near St. Moritz in Switzerland. For weeks men have curried and patted, dragged toboggans up & down, to make a flawless surface. Last week 16 ski racers stood at the top. At intervals along the course were men with bamboo poles to swish over the light snow between runs. The racers wore goggles, had no ski sticks because they knew they could not stand up against the terrific wind resistance. Their skis were 9 ft. long and heavy...
...passengers were aboard. When the Atlantique caught fire at 3:30 a. m. she was being taken by a skeleton crew from Bordeaux, her home port, to Le Havre for a winter overhaul. Largest, fastest, most luxurious ship on the Europe-to-South America run, the Atlantique was almost new, had made only ten Atlantic round trips. She boasted "The Only Street Afloat," a thoroughfare 450 ft. long in the ship's belly. Down this mimic Rue de la Paix wealthy Brazilians, Argentinians and Chileans have strolled to buy in smart ship shops every French luxury imaginable, including swank...
...races proper were entertaining but not remarkable. Fastest time was 205 m.p.h., scored in a free-for-all by spindly, one-eyed "Jimmy" Wedell whose Wedell-Williams speedsters hold transcontinental records in both directions. In stiff competition 205 m.p.h. would hardly place in a qualifying heat...
...fantasy is the diplomatic struggle for possession of Abu Saad, an island in the Persian Gulf which contains the only known deposits of some perilous stuff, wanted by every peace-loving nation because it makes possible the world's fastest rocket airplanes. Britain has the concession; Britain's Cabinet (the only ones in the know) feel even guiltier because of the further fact that the same stuff can -be made up into the world's most destructive atomic bomb. At the centre of the ensuing pussy-wants-a-corner is Walter Bullinger, Britain's Secretary...
...played easily. With persistent driving, however, the upper-classmen scored two goals in the third period, and evened the count in the fourth. In the fifth period, the Freshmen sought to recover their lead, but instead tell further behind. Jumping at the advantage thus opened, the Jayvee exhibited the fastest play of the evening scoring three times in rapid succession. The last chukker was characterized by desperate and ineffectual attacks by the first-year men, in an endeavor to redeem themselves. Experiences determined the outcome for on the whole there was definitely more potential talent in the Freshman ranks...