Word: motorizing
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...need of the novel or of any other form of creative literature is less keenly felt during those periods in life or history in which general events stimulate the imaginative faculties by their very nature. We have seen this ever since the twentieth century began. We had first the motor car with its tremendous enhancement of life. Every man who took a twenty or thirty mile spin had his imaginative range broadened. He had less need to sit by the fire and read an imaginative book. By the time the motor car had ceased to be a novelty, the Great...
...hunting by motor car has become popular in England. Of course, the automobiles cannot follow the mounted hunters across country. But by their speed they are able to head them off by keeping to the road...
...short time to live and is full of misery"--and they set out to dissipate as much misery as possible. "Time" will solve a problem peculiarly modern, when spare moments are rarer than ever. It will give pre-digested news in a form readily available on the subway or motor bus, where the forty-page daily accomplishes little besides ratting and knocking off one's neighbor...
Goldthwaite who was a member of the Class of 1924, was drowned on leaping from a burning motor boat on Lake Champlain...
...Goodwin, Registrar of Motor Vehicles in Massachusetts, will cooperate with the Connecticut authorities. All the Massachusetts inspectors of motor traffic and the motorcycle patrol of the State constabulary will be patrolling the roads. There is in Massachusetts no special speed limit, but violations of laws relating to racing, dangerous speeding, recklessness, and operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor, will be summarily dealt with. The purpose of this careful patrol is not to hinder traffic, but to keep it moving as quickly and safely as possible...