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...thinking that he would probably get killed, married Gwen Quilter. This, he reasoned, gave him as much happiness as he deserved, and her a reasonable chance of escape. And he very nearly did get killed in Gallipoli by the worst of deaths, dysentery. He recorded this campaign in his lightest verse, laffing at his miseries and terrors...
...there is a gentle sensation like going down in an elevator. When Bill "kicks on" his rocket motors, he feels a great push of acceleration but no sensation of speed. Below the speed of sound, the Skyrocket "flies like a little queen," responds sensitively to his lightest touch...
Speaking as a lay enthusiast, the "big, blue-and-gold racer owned by Murrell Belanger" [TIME, Oct. 29] was really one of the lightest cars in the U.S. "big car" season. It was referred to as "little" by Lee Wallard after he had won the Indianapolis race in it, and if a couple of men (larger than average) wished to crowd their forms into its single seat, they would have to shove, rather...
...turns. Belanger also figured that a light, rear-drive car, though it gives a rougher ride, would require fewer fuel stops, that a simple, four-cylinder power plant would require fewer pit stops. As a result, Belanger's aluminum-shelled special turned out to be the lightest (1,530 Ibs.) in the race, but it packed plenty of power in its 330 h.p. engine (piston displacement...
This afternoon's bouts will be held in the order of weight, the lightest classes will wrestle first...