Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Majesty Albert I, King of the Belgians, purchased last week his seventh personal motorcycle. These brittle, popping steeds are perhaps his most dangerous vice. More than once Belgian policemen have arrested a speeding motorcyclist (TIME, Aug. 16) only to let him go, abashed, when they found he was their King. For His Majesty a 200-mile motorcycle sprint is only a fair day's run-and 200 miles approximately suffice to cross Belgium from one side to the other in any direction. Beloved, fearless, King Albert of the Belgians usually motorcycles completely unattended. His newest mount is a recently...
...most amusing incident of last fall," he said, "was when I ordered a group of amateur horsemen to follow me along the bridle path. Before we had gone 100 yards, my companions had left me behind. They went by at a high speed, and one rider suddenly dismounted without command, sitting down with considerable concussion. When I asked him if he had hurt himself, he replied to my amazement that his head had been badly shaken. The rest of the company, however, kept right on going, and ended somewhere in Watertown...
Superior brands of teamwork, coupled with more speed and better lasting ability saw the 1930 men safely through. The margin of superiority was considerably more than the one goal advantage indicates...
Because of a sore foot. Baker was unable to display his usual precision and speed Even so, his game was good and if his foot does not get worse it is probable he will retain the title according to crities of the games...
...haunted him all these years, takes him for an automobile ride and explains that Arthur must love his fellowmen; that the future of humanity is divinity. . . . The tale is not unreadable. It does nothing if not rush. Over the last 75 years it puts on such a burst of speed that the landscape blurs entirely save for landmarks like Abraham Lincoln, Pittsburgh factories, modern "go-getters." But the book itself is more interesting than its contents. It is the third in a series called "The American Panorama." The first two, far better books, folklore rather than fantasy, were Run, Sheep...