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Word: motorboatmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Stanley Sayres drove his platter-like hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV to a world record over a mile straightaway earlier this month (TIME, July 10), veteran motorboatmen were dazzled by the 160 m.p.h. speed, but they took a restrained view of what the delicate Duralumin craft might do in racing competition. Over the bending Detroit River course of the Gold Cup race last week, Slo-Mo-Shun IV proved she was all right at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ninety Proof | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

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