Word: sir
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was a little hesitation, perhaps that is why he was ultimately unsuccessful in his quest, and then the applicant stammered, "Why, yes, sir, I guess...
Rules of the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs which govern records like Sir Malcolm's call for two runs in opposite directions, to be completed within an hour. With new tires on Bluebird, Sir Malcolm started his second run with eight minutes of the hour left. After averaging his time for the two runs, American Automobile Association officials announced the result as 299.875 m.p.h. Disgusted at having missed his objective by an eyelash, Driver Campbell said he would try again next morning. Four hours later, he was told that a bungling timer had made an error in arithmetic...
When, in 1922, he first made up his mind to travel faster on land than anyone else, Sir Malcolm Campbell immediately found himself faced by a corollary problem: where to do it? He spent five years inspecting beaches & deserts, finally picked out Daytona Beach, Fla. as the place best suited to his purposes. Wind and rain last spring delayed his sprint for weeks, finally prevented Sir Malcolm from making more than a picayune world's record of 276 m.p.h. He began the search again. Whether or not Sir Malcolm Campbell decides he wants to go faster in the future...
...flats, leave a fresh, white, marble-smooth surface in the spring. There is no dust. Moisture in the salt cools friction-heated tires. The salt's resistance minimizes skidding. There are two concentric circular tracks at Bonneville, one twelve and a half miles around, the other ten. For Sir Malcolm a 13-mile straightaway was laid out near the Western Pacific Railroad tracks which cross the flats from east to west...
...been killed at the front, only blinded. Believing that this will make his life a burden rather than a joy to Kitty, he does not return to her. Instead, under an assumed name, he takes to writing juveniles, attended only by a secretary (Frieda Inescort) and his friend Sir George Barton (John Halliday). On the eve of their marriage, Kitty and Gerald learn of his existence. Still hell-bent on self-sacrifice, Alan arranges the furniture in the living room, hides his Braille books, awaits their call. When they arrive, he greets them soberly, pours a drink for each...