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Word: speeded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Besides invading nuptial bedrooms, one source of village thrills is driving. For thrills, European driving beats roller coasters hands down. Driving full speed is the manly thing to do, and everyone delights in weaving their small cars around other small cars, usually at the most dangerous intersections. European drivers have discovered that three cars will just fit on a two-lane road, so they often pass even when another car is coming, knowing that they can probably still squeeze by. White-haired French grandmothers drive like American teenagers, and as for the French teenagers--their driving makes the Grand Prix...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The Other France: Life Among the Peasants | 2/1/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard believe it, and are comfortable in it. Three-and-a-half years ago Henry Rosovsky introduced himself to the Class of '79 in Sanders Theater with the reassuring thought that "the process of change at Harvard moves with glacial speed." We accepted that, partly because it was 9 in the morning and still Freshman Week, and partly because it was spoken with such a calm assurance--the easy arrogance of the truth...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

Forget the joke of a meet against the Dutch national team. That 44-41 win was garnered in slow motion. Cruise speed will return this weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquamen Head Up Foursome Of Squads Still Undefeated | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

...schoolteacher who arrives in a poor Welsh town to educate young coal miners. Right away she finds a gifted pupil, Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor), whom she puts into strenuous training to compete for an Oxford scholarship. Despite a few unspectacular mishaps, a happy ending follows with all too deliberate speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Little Corn, Lots of White House | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

Prompted by all this unexpected success, Paramount scheduled a low-budget movie several years ago. Then, when Star Wars hit, the studio returned to the project at a speed approaching warp seven. The new movie will have an expensive layering of special effects. Optics Wizard Robert Abel has been hired to give that cloud of electric whipped cream a throbbing, ominous personality. "It's so big you can't make a model of it," he hints vaguely. "It's so awesome, so powerful and has so many unique identities . . ." When the monster first appears, audiences will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: New Treat for Trekkies | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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