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Word: speeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the MDC take steps to conserve a vital resource. A foot patrol, for example, could be stationed near Weeks Bridge, ready to respond to the sounds of battle. Or locks could be installed on the switchboxes. Or the MDC officers could be a wee more observant as they speed by in their cruiser chargers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Backwash Jungle | 11/4/1958 | See Source »

...campaign, off weeks ago to a slow-paced start, picked up speed and tore into its final week with drums thumping and speakers sprouting from every stump. Against gloomy predictions of voter apathy, U.S. registration reached an alltime nonpresidential-year high of an estimated 76,145,600 (v. 74,879,146 in 1954). Against Republican complaints about his above-it-all political leadership, President Eisenhower threw himself into the campaign with the toughest partisan speeches of his life. And against national and international trends that had threatened to turn the elections into a Democratic cakewalk to sweeping victory, came developments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: A Matter of Inches? | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...their positions in business and industry, who were reported to them by their employers as having 1) intensive drive, 2) profound inclination to compete, 3) persistent desire for recognition and advancement, 4) continuous involvement in multiple and diverse functions subject to time restrictions (i.e., deadlines), 5) habitual compulsion to speed up all their physical and mental functions, and 6) superior mental and physical alertness. For comparison they took an equal number of men of the same ages and physical types, but with the opposite personality type-little drive or desire to compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Matters of the Heart | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

Starts's Olds is a fancy product that is two-thirds the size of the old Olds, comes in black, golden yellow, and fiesta red, has an automatic gear shift. Speed and gas mileage are similar to its rival. Cost: $1,195 f.o.b. Ft. Lauderdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Backward Look | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

About the only encouraging note of the afternoon for Penn was the return to action of its brilliant passer and runner, Frank Riepl. Injured in the Penn-Penn State game, Riepl played several minutes in the third quarter. He will probably be ready to go full speed next week, when Penn faces Yale...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Varsity Defeated Quakers Last Fall | 11/1/1958 | See Source »

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