Word: spedding
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...looked over and saw three friends struggling to push a Pontiac convertible out of a snowbound parking space. "Sure," he said and braced himself against the rear fender. With a mighty heave they pushed the car free. It sped off down the street, though not before it had sprayed a thick stream of wet snow over Vag's only clean pants...
Elizabeth and Philip drove slowly past a line of jingling African chiefs, sped to a new maternity hospital. There a solemn little Negro boy named Prince (because he was born the same day as Elizabeth's son, Prince Charles) waited wide-eyed, bouquet in hand. The Princess approached. The little three-year-old forgot all the rehearsals and admonitions, and spellbound, extended his free hand instead of the bouquet. Gently the Princess, who is usually more nervous than her greeters, bent down, took the bouquet and thanked him. The watching Africans were delighted...
...Churchill kept in touch with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, approving the government's decision to reinforce Suez. Safe ashore at Southampton, Churchill had a brief word to say about his trip to Washington: "I've never had such a warm welcome, not even in wartime." Then he sped to London to take charge of the Egyptian crisis, to report to the cabinet on foreign matters, and to hear their latest alarming domestic news...
Within 15 minutes of the Assembly vote that felled them, Premier René Pleven and his cabinet ministers sped to the presidential palace in their official black cars and submitted their resignations to President Vincent Auriol, getting into their usual traffic snarl in the courtyard. Then they rushed back to carry on their cabinet assignments as before, until a new cabinet emerged...
...last week, Farouk got into his red Rolls-Royce and, convoyed by nine red jeeps, ten red motorcycles and three red Cadillacs, sped off to open Parliament. It was the first royal address since Egypt abrogated its treaty with Britain. Solemnly, Farouk handed the ribbon-tied speech to aging Premier Nahas, who quavered through it for 40 minutes. Beyond acknowledging that abrogation was an "accomplished fact" and that Egypt would proceed accordingly, "without hesitation or delay," the government made no concessions to the fanatic nationalists. It did not reject the West's Middle East Command proposal. As Nahas read...