Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that English folk in similar circumstances usually take shelter under trees, dashed pell-mell after him into Buckingham where one astounded Palace flunky in scarlet & gold was heard to say to another, "It's like the bloody Revolution!" When skies cleared King Edward appeared on a balcony to speed the 5,000 parting guests with one of his most felicitous impromptu speeches. Not all of it could be heard above the laughter and applause but deafening cheers greeted His Majesty's remark: "We in England need this rain less than the drought-stricken portions of Canada." Before drifting...
Would William Woodward's Granville, favorite at 2-to-1, have speed and courage enough to repeat the victories of his sire, Gallant Fox, and Omaha, by the same sire? Or would bad racing luck-his jockey was thrown at the start of the Kentucky Derby; Bold Venture beat him by a nose in the Preakness-cost him this race too? Ten horses, bunched in a feathery cloud of dust, swung into the last turn, and Jockey Jimmy Stout on Granville made his bid. Granville caught the leader, John Hay Whitney's Mr. Bones. Then down the stretch...
...automobile, road. The shortcomings of the nation's 40,000,000 drivers cause most accidents, but experts agree that it is hopeless to expect "voluntary rehabilitation." The driver must be externally restrained from killing himself. Against the overwhelming U. S. urge to go places fast, the idea of speed governors for automobiles has made no progress. Even if it did, it would do little good, for only 9% of all accidents are directly attributable to speeds of 50 m.p.h. or more. Structurally, the automobile is nearly perfect, only 5% of accidents arising from mechanical failure. This leaves only highway...
...meantime, regulating drivers and automobiles are the sole makeshifts. In the driver's case, expert analysis proves that 15% of them cause nearly 100% of the accidents. These accident-prone drivers (whether speed maniacs, psychopaths, drunks or morons) can be policed off the roads. In this regard the states fail miserably. Four impose no restrictions on drivers; eight require only that a certain age be reached; twelve grant licenses on mere application; 24 require tests, which are almost universally insufficient. For the other 85% of drivers the great need is instruction. Indiana leads the way here, requiring 20 hours...
...third as the slaves became exhausted. A ship painted white is 12° cooler than one painted black. World's greatest seaports in tonnage entered and cleared are, in order, Antwerp, New York, Hamburg, London. A ship's consumption of fuel varies as the cube of the speed it attains. Derricks are named for an Elizabethan hangman named Derrick who was the first to use a single-spar gallows. Oldest ensign in use today is the Turkish, dating from...