Word: rapider
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cruiser of more than 7,000 tons, invented by Prof. Oswald Flamm, of Germany, has been built in model by the Augsburg-Nürnberger Machin-fabrik. The boat is heartshaped, point upward, with the keel in the groove of the heart, like an inverted V. The principal advantage is rapid and even submersion, the stability depending on the form and the distribution of pressure. It can submerge in 30 seconds without turning a degree, can cruise 20,000 miles and develop a speed of 23 knots an hour. It is 525 ft. long and 49 ft. wide, and carries large...
...land of sand, where camels are more numerous than locomotives, traveling is neither comfortable, rapid nor safe-even for Kings. King Hussein of Hedjas set out upon a tour of Arabia some weeks ago. Near Petra in Kerak (Trans-jordania) he was attacked last week by a band of Wahabis, who owe their allegiance to the Emir of Riyadh*, Abd el-Aziz es-Saud. After a long struggle, King Hussein's escort repelled the attackers. The trouble between King Hussein and the Emir of Riyadh is over the demarcation of the eastern boundary of Hedjas, the alleged aspiration...
...last few games Hodder has amply demonstrated his skill as a rapid-shifting stick handler, but his agility at outwitting the man in front of him has not infrequently served to divert his attention from the more important task of speeding toward the opponents' cage. In his new position the boards make it harder for him to dodge, and more necessary to skate fast...
Signer Pirandello speaks no English. He speaks in rapid melodious Italian, with few gestures of hands but with great facial mobility. When I heard him he was discussing two kinds of art?that of persons and that of things. There is the contemplative artist, he says, who withdraws from the world and finally becomes lost in the secure observation of his own mentality. There is the artist who is stimulated by action, the sort of action that Mussolini now represents in Italy, whose interest is in people rather than in the mind...
...most likely substitute. The leading forwards are Eaton, Eby, Phelps, Thomas, and Carden. Eaton and Eby are likely to start tomorrow, but Phelps is apt to force either to the sidelines. Phelps is the best foul-shooter on the squad, and his offensive game is excellent. Thomas has made rapid improvement...