Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fixed" the leak with at least a gallon of tar.) Even blaming them for the backfiring, running hot, the gear lever falling off, emergency brake handle working improperly, leaking oil, and I could go on and on. When all the time it was our own fault for "insisting on speed and styling at the lowest possible price." We did have one laugh; after the accelerator was finally fixed, we received a letter telling us to take our auto in to have the accelerator checked...
...remained wrapped in secrecy as dark as its dull black paint. Travelers have caught tantalizing glimpses of the mysterious jet at Thailand's Udorn airbase, from which it has flown over Red China and North Viet Nam; there has been talk of speed "faster than a bullet" and a ceiling of 100,000 ft. An occasional unrevealing photograph has been declassified by cautious military censors. But only recently have any more significant details of the "Blackbird's" equipment, performance and capabilities been released. They strongly suggest that the SR-71 is-both literally and figuratively-the world...
...that speed, combustion chambers in the SR-71's two huge Pratt & Whitney J58 engines reach a temperature of 2,800°-hotter than any other operational engine. They gulp special kerosene-based "Lockheed Lighter Fuel, 1-A" at a ravenous rate...
...Gliding silently down the streets of early 20th century America, the Stanley Steamer left a wake of admiring glances and a slight whiff of kerosene. Buffs still speak with awe of the day in 1907 when a streamlined Steamer literally left the ground during a Florida test, hitting a speed of nearly 200 m.p.h. Trouble was, the old steamers took half an hour to get the pressure up and used water at so prodigious a rate that they had to stop for refills every few miles. They also had bulky boilers that blew up from time to time. Those drawbacks...
Bradley is urging them all to plead not guilty, but some may plead nolo contendere if they want quick final action. They are all being arraigned as indigents to speed up the process...