Word: limitates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Street cars in New York make nine miles an hour; those of London, ten. Though the speed limit of New York is 15 miles to London's 12, New York motor buses run at five miles between 31st and 72nd Streets; between 57th and 135th Streets at 11 miles. In London buses do seven miles per hour in the Strand and ten miles on "the comparatively empty" Bayswater Road...
Rioting in Durango City (central Mexico) took place over the recent passing of a state law to limit the number of clergy to 25 for each denomination. Ten people were killed and 17 injured...
Soviet Russia's decision not to insist on a twelve-mile limit for British trawlers...
There always exists the possibility that a family may fall back on the deeds of its ancestors and live for generations on the dignity of a title. But in England, fortunately, there is no limit to the number of peerages that can be created by the crown, and consequently new blood is being brought in to strengthen the institution. The Scottish peerage, where no increase is permitted, is rapidly becoming a thing of the past...
...high jump. The Green athlete has been intercollegiate champion for two years and is the holder of the I. C. A. A. A. A. record with a mark of 6 feet 4 5-8 inches made in the Stadium a year ago. Brown will however be forced to the limit by Murphy of Newark, N. J., who has cleared 6 ft. 5 inches on several occasions...