Word: sped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dusk his train sped north and east to Manhattan where he arrived after midnight. A few hours' sleep in his East 65th Street home and he was up & away to review the U. S. Fleet aboard the cruiser Indianapolis...
...Their plane, built five years ago by old Louis Bleriot, was named Joseph LeBrix after the famed French flyer who crashed to death in Russia three years ago. To spur them on the French Government offered a prize of one million francs ($66,000). Prevailing tailwinds sped them safely over the North Atlantic. Above Newfoundland they ran into fog and motor trouble. At Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field, 2,600 mi. short of their goal, they landed, having flown 3,600 mi. in 38 hr. 27 min. 11 hr. 10 min. slower than Coste & Bellonte). A great thing done...
Frankel left Cambridge at the cerio hour of midnight as the chime made Monday, Tuesday, on his three speed English bicycle and armed with the letter from Mayor Russell he sped...
...Sing Sing, when a convict begged for news of his sick baby, prison authorities teletyped a query to Newark police headquarters. A motorcycle policeman sped to the convict's home. Back clicked his report to Sing Sing: "Baby recovering from mild case of measles. In no danger...
...managed a 4-3 win over a stubborn Eliot tennis team in the first of the inter-House court matches scheduled for this season. Play was erratic and rough on both sides due to a strong wind which whipped across the nets. With the wind behind it, the ball sped across the net for easy aces, while many attempts against it resulted in weak lobs...