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Word: sped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...back down the mountain. Newsmen and photographers were waiting, but he ignored them as he pulled his friend's body toward the coroner's truck. Then, turning his back on newsmen, he sprinted-down the slippery road to a friend's car and sped away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Long Night on Shasta | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...airplane and auto, eight Crimeds sped to the Metropolis early yesterday morning to give away yesterday's "New York Edition" at Penn Station, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and other centers of the city. New Yorkers were so starved for news they grabbed 4,000 copies in less than 20 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors Give Paper to N.Y., Truman | 12/5/1953 | See Source »

...winter morning in 1939, a harried artist packed a portrait into his station wagon and headed for Manhattan. As the car slithered down the slippery lane, one of the doors jounced open and snagged a roadside pine. The door was left behind dangling on the tree as the car sped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...meet this danger, the Indian army put a 190-man mission into Nepal, and built the first military road from India to Katmandu. The first dusty Indian jeep sped along this road last week, a symbol of India's belated concern for her great mountain frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Battle for the Himalayas | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Bill Radomsky climaxed the opening offensive drive for Adams with a one-yard plunge through the middle. King ran for the extra point. Shortly thereafter Tom Crump, all-star Wintergreen end, eluded two Dunster defenders, caught a 40-yard pass from King on the ten, and sped into the end zone for the second score. Bob Picard kicked the point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Romps Over Dunster As King Sparks 39-0 Football Win | 11/18/1953 | See Source »

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