Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...season tomorrow. The third reason, and rather more important than psychology and coach, is the crew of eight oarsmen and a coxswain who will carry the Crimson colors at historic New London. The Harvard eight this year is pre-eminently worthy of confidence. The unusual size, strength and speed of its members we can understand, but there are other more intangible attributes suggested by the sporting experts by terms and phrases such as "flexible", "graceful", "minimum of effort", "smooth running" etc., which conveys an impression of something higher and finer than the mere drudgery of pulling an oar through...
...sorry that you did not mention other famous American trains. Certainly the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania R. R. which runs between New York and Chicago in 20 hours, the magnificent trains of the Santa Fe which daily swoop across the deserts, and the many luxurious trains which speed from New York and Chicago to Florida and New Orleans deserved a mention in your story...
Rajah Raboid, blindfolded with eleven thick bandages, drove an automobile at high speed through Kenton's curious traffic...
...Germany; so Chamberlin steered diagonally across the English Channel, Belgium and Holland. At dawn, with the gasoline supply exhausted, Chamberlin made a successful landing at Eisleben, Germany, 110 miles went of Berlin. He had flown 3,905 miles in 42 hours, 32 minutes -exceeding in distance, but not in speed, Captain Lindbergh's non-stop flight of 3,610 miles in 33 hours, 29 minutes...
Both respites are the results of strenuous workouts yesterday evening when the Crimson and Eli first eights had each a four-mile speed trial, the University oarsmen rowing down the course about one hour before their rivals. A tide favored the boat, as well as a light northwest wind...