Word: recordings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Major H. O. D. Segrave, one-time British aviator, braced himself behind the wheel of a 24-cylinder, 1,000-h.p., 4-ton automobile of British make (Sunbeam); zipped along the tide-smoothed sand at Daytona Beach, Fla.; set a new record for the straightaway mile, 203.792 mi. per hour. Task completed, Major Segrave dismounted to receive prompt recognition from onlooker John D. Rockefeller Sr., in the shape of four shiny new dimes...
...efforts of Howard T. ("Ox") Kingsbury Jr. This gentleman, captain of last year's undefeated Yale crew, pulled a mighty oar, shouted encouragement to his wilting shell-mates, kept the winners' margin to an honorable three lengths. The Cambridge time was 20 min. 14 sec.; the course record, held by Oxford...
...nation, of any music less candid than jazz and coon songs, no factor is more important than the brevity of pieces played on the phonograph. There came a time when the whole difference between "I-know-what-I-like" and "highbrow" music was measured in inches. A ten-inch record was the familiar thing. A twelve-inch record signified something long and probably boring-"Chocolate Soldier Medley," perhaps, or "Selections from La Traviata." The music of the people was not bedight with red, gold and purple seals and it was not twelve inches wide. Such stuff was suspect...
...same day on which this race will be held, Edvin Wide, the Swedish runner, will attempt to break the world's two-mile record...
...Council feels that this is the finest sort of testimony and well worth reprinting here. Ten weeks now remain before Commencement. On Monday and Tuesday last 220 men contributed $9,604.46 to the Fund. The Council therefore anticipates tomorrow the conclusion of a record week...