Word: sped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent morning, a naval officer in civilian dress stepped off a train at a fog-shrouded New England seaport and climbed into a waiting limousine. The car sped through the quiet streets and out into the misty countryside. A short while later, in a well-guarded brick building, the Navy man was speaking in harshly urgent tones to a handful of scientists and shipbuilders gathered around a conference table. The officer's name: Captain Hyman George Rickover. His job: to direct the building of the U.S. Navy's first atomic submarine...
That the "honor of the Academy" helped to break down the honor of many cadets was perfectly clear. And events were sped in their course by the fact that West Point made no effort to check up on how well the honor system was working...
...spared no expense to get the news. He spread Timesmen all over the Civil War fields. He paid Correspondent Ben C. Truman* an unheard-of $100 weekly; Truman sped to the Times the news of a Union victory at Franklin, Tenn. four days before the War Department got it. (But the Times was scooped on the fall of Vicksburg because its dispatch bearer got drunk along the way.) So timely were Times reports that General McClellan accused Raymond of aiding the enemy. The little general demanded that the paper be suppressed because it printed a detailed map of the defenses...
Audience Participation. In Camden, N.J., ambulance attendants sped to the scene of a traffic accident, found the drivers unhurt, returned to the hospital with three women spectators who had fainted...
Sneak Preview. One day last summer, the Prince Royal made his first public appearance, somewhat in the style of a Hollywood sneak preview. Without previous announcement, Baudouin sped in a car to the tomb of Belgium's unknown soldier, deposited a wreath. A dozen or so accidental bystanders were his only public. The consensus was that the princely starlet conducted himself well, but would need a lot more experience in the spotlight before he was a full-fledged royal star...