Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...then passed his Blue rival to hand the baton to his teammate with three yards to spare. F. E. Cummings '30 ended the second leg of the journey with an additional two yards. E. E. Record '32 had difficulty in holding his own against Engle, probably the fastest quarter-miler on this side of the Mississippi. The Yale star passed him, but Record called forth a spurt in the last lap which placed him on even terms with Engle. Then came the fatal pass, and Munroe's sterling quarter. The race was clocked at 3 minutes 26 4-5 seconds...
...yard run, the three colleges will race in three final heats, staggering the lanes. Each college will be permitted three starters, one in each heat. Points will be awarded for the three fastest times...
...judge, grim-lipped Sir Horace Edmund Avory, pale and ascetic under his huge wig, was unimpressed. Addressing all four defendants he gazed fixedly at Clarence Hatry, the man who once owned the largest yacht and some of the fastest horses in Britain, whose Mayfair house contained not only a roof-garden swimming pool but also a subcellar bar and taproom labeled "Ye Old Stanhope Arms-Free House...
Manufacturer William Edward Boeing last week produced a military single-seater biplane which he considered the fastest U. S. fighter, capable of 209 m.p.h. The fastest commercial ship now being made: Lockheed Vega, which carries six passengers at 180 m.p.h...
...studios in Hollywood were scheduled to start last week filming a $500,000 production starring Funnyman Will Rogers, when suddenly he disappeared. Frantic Fox telegrams caught the renegade in Manhattan, did not stop him from sailing for the conference on the S. S. Bremen, world's fastest liner. "Tomorrow I lunch at the Embassy with Mr. Dawes," radioed Clown Rogers on reaching London. Another Rogersgram: "The American delegation arrived this afternoon and went into conference at the American bar and sunk a fleet of schooners without warning...