Word: sped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the makeshift system, none of the average 150 alarms a day went unanswered. Fire trucks from some closed stations were consolidated with rigs at the open firehouses. Experienced chiefs, captains and other veteran nonstriking firemen supervised each task force. Police sped to the scene of fire alarms, canceling the call if it was false. On the site, the recruits usually hauled hoses while nonstriking veterans entered buildings to do the more dangerous work...
...right. Clabby started the race with a split of 2:15.6, and a handoff to Rogers 30 yards ahead of her closest competitor. Rogers widened the gap to 40 yards, handing the baton to Linsley with a 2:20.7 split. Linsley sped through her 800-meter leg in 2:19.0 to hand off to Beckford. The freshman star then ran the anchor leg in 2:09.1 to win the race in 9:04.4, more than ten seconds ahead...
George W. Rathjens, professor of political science at MIT and the State Department's deputy special represen- tative on non-proliferation, noted that comprehensive arms control negotiations have inflated the importance of weapons and sped up the development of new missiles...