Word: sped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usual squad of resplendent officials was at the harbor. The Hoovers said goodbye to the Maryland and a state train sped them 110 miles inland from Valparaiso to Santiago, where President Carlos Ibañiez of Chile in a generalissimo's regalia was waiting with an open carriage and four spanking bay horses. While Mr. Hoover visited the U. S. Embassy, President Ibañiez went on to the National Palace. There Mr. Hoover visited him after lunch, the first of a two-day series of meetings, partings and re-meetings...
...often on the bridge was a young man who is called by his Royal family simply "David." As he paced the bridge, engines of 80,000 horsepower thrust the frail 7,600-ton cruiser across the placid Indian Ocean at automobile speed: 40 m.p.h. Only a seaplane could have sped faster, yet the distance of 6,000 miles seemed illimitable, mocking. Perhaps the young man remembered Kipling's words...
...over only 120 feet of ground and lasted only 12 seconds. During the 25 years since then various planes have crossed the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. They have risen to 38,418 ft., stayed in the air 65 hrs. 25 min., traveled 4,466 miles without alighting, sped 319 m. p. h. They have crossed North America from the Pacific to the Atlantic in 18 hr. 58 min., from the Atlantic to the Pacific...
...steps at a time the new Prime Minister descended the palace stair, sped to begin work. By a penstroke he abolished the traditional Bratiano censorship of posts, telegraphs, telephones, press. With hearty handclasps he sent his colleagues off to their new Ministries. Then to eager correspondents Dr. Maniu said...
...Jesus, the Romans retreated and desert sands quickly covered buildings. In 1920 British soldiers accidentally discovered Dura. Word went to the late Gertrude Bell. She sent a call to Professor James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago, who was at Luxor, Egypt, his headquarters for Egyptian research. He sped to Dura, hastily made photographs and maps. As the result of his recommendations, the General Education Board gave money to dig at Dura. Rewards: rare colored frescoes, fine sculptures, important inscriptions, and best of all-Greek, Latin and Aramaic parchments. Rarely have parchments of the period been found outside...