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...orthe story of Red Dog Desloge's theft of a policecar? I remember the absolutely sinful delight ofzooming down Memorial Drive at midnight in earlyJune, finished for the year and free beyondbelief, astride my BSA 5000 motorcycle withPantaleoni and Eric Nelson on their bikes rightalongside of me at 60 mph...
Bloom's fastball travels at a crisp 85 mph. He can move it in or out on batters. When they prepare themselves for that, he'll fool them with a changeup. His curve was his best pitch in high school, but he never threw a no-hitter there...
...temperature was in the upper thirties, and the wind gusted steadily at 20 mph. It's been said that records were made to be broken. Not on days like that...
Thirty years ago, would you have predicted that today's airplanes would feature "bypass" jet engines, fuel efficient turbines which propel them at speeds up to 700 mph? Radcliffe graduate Helen Thomas '28 did just that, copping a $50,000 prize in TWA's "Cosmic Contest...
...Commercial aircraft of all types will have ranges of about 5,000 miles and will cruise at about 700 mph," Thomas wrote. "Airports and factories will be located in places which are now uninhabited waste space, and the long, tedious ride to board the plane will be eliminated by helicopter shuttle service between the airport and the business and residential districts of any town...