Word: fleetest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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North Atlantic codfish frolicked free last week, their doom of cream sauce deferred, while four of Gloucester's fleetest fishing schooners were racing inshore to settle old rivalries. Gloucester folk, proud of their schooners, enthusiastic about this race of the last genuine U. S. sailing ships, had donated $20,000 to recondition canvas and repay owners for lost fish. Thousands lined the shore to watch the stanch, full-rigged craft course twice around an 18-mile triangle into the harbor. In the first two races, gentle inshore winds were insufficient to drive the schooners to the finish within...
Romans have thrilled to all manner of races-chariot races, horse races, automobile races, airplane races. But last week Romans saw their first whippet (dog) races. Six of the fleetest whippets raced were owned by the Contessa Dentice Di Frasso, once Miss Dorothy Taylor of Manhattan. Present were the U. S. Ambassador and Mrs. Henry Prather Fletcher...
...leader of the Crimson gridiron forces has been one of the fleetest of the ball-carrying squadron on Soldiers Field for the past two seasons, with a habit of breaking loose for long runs at critical moments in a game, especially if the time is running short. In the Dartmouth game of last year, with 90 seconds to play and the score 12 to 10 against Harvard, French dashed to the heights of gridiron glory when he found a hole in the Green bulwark, flicked to right and left, and covered 47 yards for a winning touchdown. In the closing...
...score books. He has passed Sullivan since last week in the number of times he has crossed the rubber with a counter, having amassed a total of 20 runs, one sixth of the total number that has been scored by the Crimson this year. He has proved himself the fleetest member of Captain Todd's aggregation by passing his leader in the number of bases stolen, holding the lead with a half a dozen. Ties with Burns, DeRham, Sullivan and Ullman for the home run lead and with Captain Todd for the sacrifice hit title complete Zarakov's record. Ullman...
Using his legs for locomotion, the fleetest man in the world can make the earth flash by beneath him at the rate of some 10½ yd. per sec. for a few seconds. Using his brain and an aeroplane, he has so far learned to travel about 13 times as fast-137 yd. per sec. for many minutes...