Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drive at moderate speed on own side of road...
...drive at moderate speed on own side of road...
...Field, Dayton, one day last week roared the huge Boeing 299, largest landplane ever built in the U. S., on a routine test flight for a possible Army contract (TIME, July 15). Because the 70-ft., metalclad monster with its four machine-gun turrets, 6-ton bomb capacity and speed of 256 m.p.h. was regarded as the greatest battle plane ever designed, two young officers, Lieutenants Leonard F. Harman and Robert K. Giovannoli, looked up with interest as it fled past them down the field. Suddenly, when the four-motored plane was nearly 200 ft. off the ground, it lurched...
...Cars- Heeding the public alarm about Sudden Death in highway accidents, the motormakers now soft-pedal speed. Though a number of makes will go 100 m.p.h. and nearly all will go faster this year than last, every Show visitor was handed a brochure on safe & sane driving...
...left. Front lights are retractable like an airplane's landing gear, disappearing into the fenders when little cranks are turned on the dash. On convertible models, the top disappears into a covered compartment behind the seat, leaving nothing exposed to offer wind resistance. Since the four-speed transmission is ahead of the V-8 engine, and propeller shaft is eliminated, Cord was able to lower the floor without ridging it in the middle. Centre of gravity is the lowest on any stock car and running boards were abandoned...