Word: miles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this part of the country, usually being confined to the great timber stands of the West coast, he said. They will be of the type known as "crown fires" where the flames shoot to a height of 500 feet, creating a mighty draught which throws burning brands half a mile ahead of the main blaze and makes it absolutely uncontrollable...
...start of the 14-months'-old war this line has been bombed in 1,300 places. Speedy repair work has held the periods of service interruptions to a minimum, and last week trains were still running, albeit irregularly. Most remarkable testimony to Chinese ingenuity was that the 680-mile run from Canton to Hankow has been shortened to 36 hours instead of the old 45-hour schedule. Moreover, in spite of war, and because of heavy war supply shipment, the line made money; net profit last fiscal year...
...defending champion had his inning first. Three weeks ago he drove his seven-ton, eight-wheeled Thunderbolt over the measured mile of glistening salt at an average speed of 345 m.p.h., 34 m.p.h. faster than man had ever traveled on earth. Last week, after a fortnight of unfavorable weather, Challenger Cobb had his inning. Sitting in the nose of his tear-shaped, front-and-rear-engined Railton† (only half the weight of Thunderbolt}, with his head accommodated in an aluminum cupola with a speak-easy window, Driver Cobb streaked over the measured mile in a little over...
...reached a velocity of 525 feet a second (the muzzle velocity of a high calibre revolver bullet is 700 feet a second). Oldsters along the course sighed as they remembered the turn-of-the-Century astonishment when Henry Ford's 999 traveled at the incredible speed of a mile a minute. Scientists agreed that the Englishmen could not travel much faster and live to tell about it (present rubber tires can take just so much friction). King-for-a-day Cobb, who had originally intended to continue the contest as long as weather permitted, blinked his eyes, decided...
...March, performances of the "Oedipus Rex," by and under the direction of, Stravinsky are scheduled, and a joint concert with the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Symphony under the direction of Mile. Boulanger is also being planned...