Word: speedier
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seaman navigates his vessel in all sorts of weather, but skill in local weather forecasting, and a practical knowledge of the laws of storms, are invaluable in making possible a speedier, safer and more successful voyage. Similarly, the navigator of the air, though war service often involves flying under atmospheric conditions far from favorable, inevitably finds, sooner or later, that the more he knows about the air which he is navigating, the better equipped he is as a fighter, as a photographer, or on reconnaissance work. At critical times, meteorological knowledge has time and again proved its practical value...
...shots at the net time and again. On the whole, the University team was outplayed during the greater part of the game. The forwards, particularly the wings, were unable to penetrate Yale's defense, and the majority of the play was in Harvard's territory. The Yale forwards were speedier and more aggressive, with the exception of Phillips...