Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just as streamlining will not improve the performance of a rocking chair, it will not improve the efficiency of an automobile. Performance of a vehicle will not be affected until it reaches at least 50 m.p.h. With a national highway speed limit set at 55 m.p.h., aerodynamically "slippery" cars designed to achieve better fuel economy are meaningless...
First on the scene from TIME was Peter Stoler, who wrote for the magazine's Science and Environment sections before he became a New York City-based correspondent in 1977. Accompanied by Photographer Bill Pierce, Stoler began the assignment with an early-morning high-speed drive on a rainswept turnpike to Harrisburg. For the next three days, Stoler interviewed plant workers, area residents and protesters, and visited the Pennsylvania Governor's offices, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission vania Governor's offices, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission control van parked on a knoll directly across the Susquehanna River from...
...conformed very nicely to her sterotypical fancies about blacks. She talked on and on, every now and then mentioning blacks while casting a significant look in my direction. Her Dear Friend was no better, periodically contorting her facial muscles in expressions suggestive of profound empathy. I marveled at the speed with which, after speaking at such length in her flatulent way about the arrogated rights of the individual, she could forget her own preachings and attempt to make me into a stereotype...
Worsley is just one of a group of strong freshmen who have brought a new attitude. Lisa Kent and Cat Ferrante will do their part on the attack, with Ferrante especially adding excellent speed and agility to the Crimson offense...
...race. In addition to steering, the "cox" verbally enforces a perfect symmetry of eight oars throughout the stroke; he reminds rowers of specifics of technique; he describes the frantic chaos evident in the opponent's boat, regardless of its relative position; and he calls for changes in rowing speed and power at strategic moments in the race. Occasional "Power Tens" are yelled out to gain a decisive edge with ten all-out strokes; the coxswain's comments range from the factual "Great--we gained ten feet with that Ten" to the more poetic "Give me a Ten that'll make...