Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those who attend the Harvard hockey games and thrill to the antics of the Bruins, Quebec will be long remembered for its exciting professional hockey contests. Practically born on skates, Canadian players are famous for their speed and always display a talent similar to those remarkable pucksters from McGill...
Terming "football brains and eleverness, plus speed and proper instincts" the essential elements of a winning football team, Dick Harlow, the new Crimson football coach, paid his first official visit to Cambridge yesterday. There were only two subjects he was unwilling to discuss, the personnel of his coaching staff, and any innovations he may make on Soldiers Field next fall...
...shift. Then, when the clutch is depressed, a mechanism on the transmission, actuated by the manifold vacuum, shifts the gears. If an optional automatic clutch is used, the shift occurs when the foot is raised from the accelerator. Thus in traffic the "electric hand" may be set at second speed before a shift is necessary, the shift being made later by depressing the clutch pedal or releasing the accelerator...
...three lines with an eye to riding quality, shoving the motor ahead and synchronizing springs. Standard on the Ambassador but optional on its other lines is what Nash calls a "Santa Claus gear-because it delivers something for nothing." The Santa Claus gear is an overdrive for high-speed cruising...
...again features its self-shifter-a device which automatically changes gears whenever the speed warrants. Motors have been moved forward to improve the ride...