Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...July 8, 1896. Norman de Vaux arrived in San Francisco, vaulted off his Meteor bicycle, proclaimed that he had made a 3,786-mi. trip from Manhattan in 37 days, 14 hr., 15 min. Never since, say loyal friends, has that record been broken...
First sight to make the passengers crane their necks was the grey mass of the Federal Penitentiary, three miles east of their northeasterly course. Less than 15 min. later loomed a greater landmark- Stone Mountain, where an air beacon flashes above the monster unfinished carvings for the Confederacy memorial...
...composite price of finished steel remained virtually unchanged. In January 1909 it was 1.82? a pound. Prices for succeeding months were: 1.772?, 1.599?, 1.577?, 1.506?. Last week U. S. Steel Corp. again took a stand. A few weeks prior Carnegie Steel had announced its quotations were "min-imums." But last week's prices for finished steel products were upped on the average of $1 a ton.* A typical example was steel bars, previously quoted in Pittsburgh at 1.60? a pound, now quoted at 1.65? against 1.90? a year ago. No impetus of buying caused this move, in which practically...
When Margot Einstein was married to Dr. Dimitri Marianov at a Berlin registry office, her father, Physicist Albert Einstein, said that he would attend the ceremony if it could take place in 30 min. He attended in celluloid collar, battered hat, aged raincoat. Impatient when the nuptials took 60 min., he vigorously protested against being photographed. Then he hustled back to his soundproof study. Said his wife: "It was a case of love at first sight with our daughter. Dr. Marianov came to our house several months ago, and from that moment Margot's heart was lost. We think...
...Pilot Nettleton had taken off from Newark Airport nine days earlier. For "junior" and "women's" speed records, only flying time is counted. Present east-west junior record of 24 hr. 2 min. was made by Stanley Boynton in six days...