Word: mph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bill of Particulars. In Tucson. Ariz., police traveling 65 to 100 mph were outdistanced but finally caught Speedster Delos Kebler Knox Jr., by trapping him in a roadblock, promptly impounded his ex-1948 Ford on the ground that it had 1) no body, 2) no windshield, 3) no floor boards, 4) steering wheel sawed in half...
...second freshman boat and two shells from Andover Academy sank ignobly to the bottom of the choppy Charles yesterday as a result of 40 mph gusts which sprang up after the finish of their race. Only the winning number one boat managed to stay afloat...
Moments later, the dockers flashed the news: on his outbound run he averaged 215.08 m.p.h. over the measured kilometer; homebound, he did 189.57 m.p.h. -for an official average of 202.32 mph Said Campbell quietly: "Bluebird was not all out by a very long way. She ought to be able to go quite a bit faster...
Typical April weather is predicted for today's sports. Skies will be sunny and temperatures around 50 degrees on Soldiers Field. Strong northerly winds about 20 mph are forecast for the Charles River. And heavy clouds will cover Mt. Washington. No snow or rain is expected. Varsity Baseball vs., Brandeis 3 p.m. Soldiers Field Lacrosse vs. Tufts 2 p.m. Medford Rugby vs. New York 2:30 p.m. N.Y.C. Sailing vs. M.I.T. 1 p.m. Charles River Skiing vs Dartmouth noon Mt. Wash. Tennis vs. M.I.T. 1:30 p.m. M.I.T. Freshmen Lacrosse vs. Deerfield 2 p.m. B-School Field Track vs. Andover...
...engine by its right name: Stein prefers terms like "old lump" or "hot little innards" and modifies them with the word (?) "hairy." But the sloppiness which marks this book reaches a high mark in its "performance figures." Speaking of the successful Allard J-2 competition model, Stein says "130 mph is claimed but I wouldn't know." Actually the Allard's performance is 110 mph and accurate test figures on it are available. In many instances the plain lack of research is sloughed off with a remark like "the braking (is) all you could hope to expert." Any accurate comparison...