Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...apparently escaped the attention of that writer that embraced in Admiral Cervera's squadron, were four armored cruisers each more heavily gunned than any vessels of the corresponding type in the U. S. Navy and of almost equal speed. These are the fine vessels that the writer contemptuously refers to:-"wretched ships, equipment and support, sailed his rusty little fleet of four cruisers and three destroyers across the Atlantic...
...play even simple compositions an artist must do more than tootle scales. He has to produce overtones, color, play loud & soft. Violinists depend on "bowing" technique. A flautist depends on "lipping." By shaping his lips differently, altering the quantity and speed of the escaping air, making it strike the mouthpiece at different angles, he can produce ingenious tonal colors, change the volume, manage the most difficult harmonics. The quality of the tone is affected too by what the flute is made of. Thirty years ago most flutes were wooden. Nowadays all but five U. S. flautists use instruments of silver...
...Charging waste, misapplication and misappropriation of assets, a group of minority stockholders in Standard Gas were ready to ask $100,000,000 from the directors and various controlling interests, including H. M. Byllesby & Co. and U. S. Electric Power Corp. Reason advanced for quick settlement was that it would speed the reorganization of Standard Gas & Electric, now in famed Section...
Since the Nassau game Bill Watt, Harvard football halfback, has been shifted out to the wing three-quarter where his hard hitting and speed will count more than in his former inside position. Alan Simpson and Jerry Desmond have been shifted to the inside three-quarters in order to speed up the attack, especially in getting the ball out to the wing...
...ardent cooperation of The Vincent Club, The Junior League, Erskine School and Radcliffe College, the Spring Dramatic Club Show, "The Dog Beneath the Skin", now in the throes of rehearsal, promises more interesting moments than that organization has presented to its theatre-going public in many moons. Featuring speed, sex, and savoir-faire, and with the dancing chorus of Nineveh Girls, consisting of choice Vincent-Clubbers, as a definite highlight, the production is scheduled for exhibition on Friday and Saturday evenings, May 7 and 8, at the Copley Theatre in Boston...