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Word: speeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...High-Speed Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Detlef Hohl of West Germany, who in a letter to TIME [May 28] decried U.S. oil consumption, must not be among those Germans who zip along the speed-unlimited autobahns at 180 km an hour, or among those who are purchasing full-size American cars at an unprecedented rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...Vienna until midday Friday. One reason: the Soviets in Geneva had to make do with primitive manual typewriters, cumbersome paper almost as thick as cardboard and a 1950s-vintage copying machine. If a typist made a single error, the page had to be retyped. The Americans used a high-speed word-processing machine; errors could be corrected almost instantaneously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khorosho,' Said Brezhnev | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...right, the NSSL sends out several vans packed with photographers, meteorologists and equipment, assorted airplanes and platoons of experts in hope of harvesting storm data. When people in Texas or Oklahoma or Kansas start running for their lives from a tornado, Moore and his colleagues are usually running full speed into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Lightly raced throughout his career, Coastal had not been entered in the other Triple Crown events. He came to Belmont as the perfect dark horse for a race that treats long shots kindly. Casual racing fans may favor the julep-soaked hoopla of the Kentucky Derby or the high-speed sprint of the Preakness, but the Belmont and its demanding distance hold a special place of honor among horsemen: "The Test of the Champion." Only a horse in top form and full of racing heart can make the final closing rush for this third and most difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Triple Crown Denied | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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