Word: headway
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...committee boat did not see the jib tear and were surprised when a newsman told them about it. Weetamoe was masterfully sailed by George Nichols?so well sailed that she seemed the best boat in any situation so long as there was wind enough to give her hull the headway it needed. She beat each of her rivals on the windward and leeward course and then won the first race on the reaching course. Racing Enterprise next day, Weetamoe blew out the duralumin headboard of her mainsail in a 17-mi. breeze, had to withdraw. Skipper Vanderbilt of Enterprise...
...Great Britain the movement is gaining much headway, despite the boycotting influence of the powerful financial interests. It gains impetus through the timely advocacy in the British House of Commons by the Rt. Hon. John Wheatley of proposals for arriving "Through Consumption to Prosperity...
...century there was a change of feeling regarding drama. People began to feel that the stage was no place to spin a yarn. It was insisted that a good play must present a situation of intrinsic importance. The principle that a play must be important gained great headway, spreading with increasing rapidity after...
...rush. The Cadet first string line, Wing, Brandt, and Haskell, skillfully managing the strange ponles, showed perfect team work in outscoring the Harvard riders, 9 to 1 1-2 in the first three chukkers. Each of the Soldiers scored three goals. The Crimson players were unable to make headway, although the line-up of Crispin Cooke '32, E. K. Jenkins '31, and W. F. Luton '32 was stronger than that of the previous game...
Margaret, the eldest, used to be the best. Then Elizabeth learned to beat her. Mianne was next in line, but for some reason Sarah, two years younger, made headway faster. Helen Wills played Sarah last summer at the Essex County Club Tournament and said afterward: "She is the best girl player of her age I ever saw." Mianne's main trouble was that she had no confidence in her backhand, became nervous at the wrong moments. Last week in the finals of the Women's National Indoor Singles Championship, Mianne dropped five games to Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, then rallied...