Word: speedster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Livers turned the tables in the 120-highs, the most exciting race of the day. Lynch led most of the way, but the Wildcat speedster caught him at the last hurdle and was a little bit stronger in the stretch. Both men were clocked...
...bottom of the seventh, however, McCarthy began to show signs of weakness. He retired leadoff batter Jim Tobin, out only after Tobin had missed an extra base hit when a long blast was carried into foul territory by the wind. O'Donnell walked, and speedster Bobby Leo came...
Hashim hustled, smashed, flicked, and tricked his way to an eight-game draw with his nephew Mohibulla Khan, the world's best squash player. Mohibulla is the 27-year old speedster who needed only 20 minutes to win the United States Open this year, but yesterday Hashim battled him on even terms for almost an hour and a half...
Massive Mechanism. The details of the wing control mechanism that changes the F-111 from a low-speed, easy-landing airplane to a dartlike, deadly, high-altitude speedster, are mostly classified. But all parts must be unusually strong to resist the giant forces of high-speed flight. Massive screw-actuated jacks pull the wings against the racing air. A new lubricating system had to be developed to make the pivots work freely...
...upward. When they all are pulling together, the props should generate enough direct lift to raise the plane vertically. When safely above obstacles, the pilot will gradually tilt the wing into normal flying position. The plane has yet to be flown, but its designers admit that it is no speedster. It will cruise at less than 300 m.p.h., and its operating radius with full load is only about 230 miles. These limits are the penalties it pays for its vertical lifting power...