Word: sped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...merge into the Atlantic, a huge and stately house rears its white bulk among acres of hydrangeas. The house is Groote Schuur (Great Barn); once it belonged to famed Empire Builder Cecil Rhodes; Rudyard Kipling used to winter there. Past its well-stocked deer park one morning last week sped a shiny. Packard sedan, followed by a Ford. Shortly after 11 a.m., the Packard drew up outside South Africa's Parliament House in Cape Town six miles away. The Ford parked behind, and its driver, a burly, red-faced cop, ran to the Packard. He leaned inside and slowly...
Determined to better their pitiful one and four post-war record against the Crimson, 19 Dartmouth skiers sped to victory Saturday in the annual Harvard-Dartmouth Slalom on Mt. Washington...
...necessary only to give his work a character of uselessness." In the 20th century, such a character of uselessness was, in fact, imposed on much of the work done in American factories and offices. It was not a sudden occurrence; it was the result of a long historical process, sped by typical American haste and thoughtlessness...
...Have Some Guts." When Malaya's new British high commissioner, tough little General Sir Gerald Templer, heard the news, he sped to the barbed-wire village in his armored car, assembled 300 village elders in a school auditorium, and meted out punishment. Tanjong Malim had long been a supply and information depot for the Red guerrillas, he said. "It does not amuse me to punish innocent people," snapped Templer, "but many among you are not innocent. You have information which you are too cowardly to give . . . Have some guts and shoulder the responsibility of citizenship." Templer slapped...
...looked over and saw three friends struggling to push a Pontiac convertible out of a snowbound parking space. "Sure," he said and braced himself against the rear fender. With a mighty heave they pushed the car free. It sped off down the street, though not before it had sprayed a thick stream of wet snow over Vag's only clean pants...