Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleased was the late John Dillinger with the speed and quick getaway of his Ford car that before his death he wrote two testimonial letters to Henry Ford. Said Ford last week: "In one of the letters Dillinger told me he was coming to see me sometime. ... I would like to have seen...
...will continue to do so. Since January when credit expansion began. Government borrowing and spending has increased bank deposits 15%. In time the cumulative effect of Government borrowing and spending will pile deposits so high that private initiative will regain courage. Then the virtuous circle will gather speed just as contracting credit speeds the vicious circle of deflation...
With her gross weight of 19 tons and top speed of 192 m.p.h., the 8-42 will be the world's biggest and fastest airplane in regular over-water service. Last April in her first test-flights she broke two world's altitude-with-load records, and with her performance last week now holds all existing transport seaplane records. Following her acceptance by PAA last week she flew non-stop from Bridgeport to Miami (1,300 mi.) for shakedown cruises at the company's Dinner Key Base...
...just won £4,000 for a non-stop flight of 176 mi., he brought to the U. S. a rickety biplane. With it, he made exhibition flights, took such notables as Nelson Doubleday and Walter Damrosch up for rides over Long Island. Interested in speed on water also, he won the Harmsworth Trophy in 1912 with Edgar Mackey's Maple Leaf IV, defended it successfully the next year. With the War, ''Tom" Sopwith began to make a fortune in England manufacturing his Camels, Pups and Dolphins. After the War he dissolved his airplane company and formed a new company...
...race. Her job will be time keeper. At the start, with a stopwatch in each hand, she will let her husband know how many seconds he has before Endeavour can cross the line. Says she: "If our teamwork is perfect we should hit the starting line at full speed just as the gun flashes. . . . Yes, you may be sure I won't wear trousers. ... I watch for the flash to start my watches as it takes several seconds for the sound to reach us. I'm so busy watching for the flash that I never see anything of the actual...