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Word: speeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vagabond stopped writing, leaned back in his chair, and gazed up at the queer stained-glass windows that lighted the Hall. He was tired of working at high speed, and the muscles of his right hand had frozen. He would rest a minute before putting the finishing touches on his essay. He took a hasty glance at his watch. Ten minutes of twelve. Why, in an hour and ten minutes he'd be boarding a train at South Station to carry him to the City and to this January's journey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/4/1938 | See Source »

There still remain forty metal groups whose alloy characteristics have yet to be studied, and whose possible industrial application is still in its infancy. Their development may mean as much to industry as the relatively recent development of such alloys as stainless steel, or tungsten carbide used in high speed machinery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineers Develop Intense Heat So As To Study Properties of Rarest Metals | 2/2/1938 | See Source »

...Speed & Color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 24, 1938 | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

...Devanter deeply resented Franklin Roosevelt's implication that judicial gaffers were responsible for slowing up Federal court procedure. Last week, recalled to help clear the docket of the U. S. District Court for southern New York, Gaffer Van Devanter took the opportunity to put on a burst of speed that left habitues of the lower courts agape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Speedy Justice | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

With eight passengers and a copilot, Nick Mamer was flying east in one of Northwest's brand-new Lockheed 143, twin-motored monoplanes whose 225 m. p. h. cruising speed makes them the fastest commercial planes in the world. Weather was not too good and shortly after noon Pilot Mamer dropped down at Butte, Mont, for a scheduled landing, lingered until the skies cleared. Then he drummed away over the mountains toward Billings, Mont. His last report: "Cruising at 9,000 ft. with everything okay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Flaming Arrow | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

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