Word: mph
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...admit, most of that driving takes place above the federal speed limit of 55 mph for highways. Knowing this, it should not surprise you to learn that little made me happier than the news that the federal speed limit had been abolished...
...figured out how many miles were left by the kind of barbed wire fence we were passing. There was only one other car on the road, the same one every day. I remember because the man driving it read the newspaper while he drove to work (at about 70 mph). He never had an accident, nor was there any reason to think he would. The road was straight and there was nothing to hit except some sagebrush and barbed wire fences...
...bill. Another reason: the popular bill, which passed the House without opposition and the Senate on a 80-16 vote, is likely to withstand a veto anyway. In a few weeks, reports Austin bureau chief S.C. Gwynne, workers will begin posting signs raising the state speed limit to 70 mph over 77,000 miles of Texas highways. A number of like-minded Western states are giving motorists freer rein: Kansas, Nevada and Wyoming will raise the limit to 75 mph, while Oklahoma and South Dakota will set theirs at 70. The best state for Unser wannabes? Montana, where the only...
...game was also notable for the weather--20 mph winds blew across the length of the field. That can make it very difficult, especially playing against the wind...
...fire was 60 percent contained by midday and officials hoped to have it fully contained tomorrow. Wind gusts of 40 mph that drove the flames carlier had died down...