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Word: speeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publicity stunt and a thrilling pastime, the train and motor boat race on the Hudson yesterday was interesting, but technically at least, it did not conform to any real definition of a race. Mr. Wood and his two motor speed boats were out to make their own schedule, while the train had to conform to a definite time-table, designed with an eye to safety as well as speed. By scorching down the river and then comparing his time with that of the Century, Mr. Wood could have run the race just as effectively, but there would have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPEED STUFF | 5/27/1925 | See Source »

...University players failed to evince the same speed and accuracy that they had demonstrated against Princeton on Saturday. In the singles Captain Ingraham proved an easy victim to Captain Jones' brilliant stroking game. Ingraham rushed up to the net time and time again, trying to anticipate the shots of his opponent but only succeeded in succumbing helplessly to Jones' well-placed alley drives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD TENNIS TEAM DEADLOCKS WITH YALE | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

...passed their tests last week, after a highly satisfactory flight from Mitchel Field, L.I., to the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, Washington, D.C, and were formally accepted. In acceptance trials, the OL-1, as the Amphibian is officially designated, attained a height of 14,000 ft, made a speed of 125 mi. per hour and climbed more than 5,000 ft. in ten minutes. Fully loaded, the plane weighs 5,200 lb., and carries a crew of four men. With its inverted engine giving the pilot clear vision ahead; its retractible gear allowing the plane to alight on ship deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Tested | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

...Players must have confidence in that courage of their supporters. This confidence comes rather slowly. It is carefully built up and the substitution of an understudy undermines this stable ground of assurance. I imagine that nowhere is that so true as in vaudeville. There speed is the vital force...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MADGE KENNEDY PREDICTS GREAT AMERICAN THEATRE | 5/23/1925 | See Source »

Last week Coach Stevens devoted his time to correcting individual faults which had cropped out in the Quadrangular regatta with Pennsylvania, Cornell, and M. I. T. on May 9. Yesterday marked a return to the speed work in preparation for the race with Navy on the Severn this Saturday, when the first boat was sent over the course in the Basin in a time trial. The time was not announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO SHIFTS IN FIRST BOAT FOR NAVY RACE | 5/19/1925 | See Source »

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