Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...catamaran powered by five 85-h.p. McCulloch engines, capable of doing 102 m.p.h. Only slightly less potent was U-707, a 17-ft. cat with three 105-h.p. Chryslers, and driven by a trio of leadfoots calculated to inspire respect: Major William Knight, holder of the world air speed record (4,534 m.p.h.), Lee Taylor, holder of the water speed record (285 m.p.h.), and Craig Breedlove, the land speed record holder (600 m.p.h...
...Mike took over. It was eventful: the boat's dashboard collapsed, and Reagan had to prop it up with one hand while he steered with the other. He still managed to stay in front. Zipping across the finish line, Reagan won his first outboard race at an average speed of 59.4 m.p.h...
...human mind. Plot can diminish in a forest of effects and accidents; motivations can be done away with, loose ends ignored, as the audience, in effect, is invited to become the scenarist's collaborator, filling in the gaps he left out. The purposeful camera can speed up action or slow it down; the sound track can muddle a conversation or over-amplify it to incoherence. Black-and-white sequences intermingle with color...
...drifters who vicariously enjoy the cocky resume: "I'm Clyde Barrow, and this is Miss Bonnie Parker. We rob banks." In an episode at once poignant and wonderfully funny, Clyde lends his .45 to a Texas-gothic farmer, who shoots his deserted farmhouse, repossessed by the bank. They speed away from their jobs in a succession of stolen cars-their Ford coupes, Essex tourer and Marmon Saloon are virtually living members of the cast. The sound track adds a further fillip to the humor; the exuberant banjo picking of Earl Scruggs playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown suggests a comedy chase...
Four minutes into the third period, Gurry took off again from his own zone. At the blue line he hit wing Barry Johnson with a perfect lead, then used his great speed to catch up with Johnson's return pass and tip it past...