Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meanwhile Captain Hope of the British cruiser Repulse was putting on all speed at the command of Edward of Wales. The Prince, it seemed, had learned that one of the ship's operators was in a hurry to reach England in time for his father's funeral. Britons glowed at this new proof of their Prince's infallible democracy...
Through Lombardy roared a cavalcade of motors that knew no speed laws. At the wheel of his own car Benito Mussolini swooped o'er the Tessin Hills and down upon the Locarno Conference (see INTERNATIONAL) a scant 30 hours before it closed...
...generally described as a "ripping crash." But it was only part of the press stand that had collapsed; no one was hurt. Uninterested, the spectators turned back to watch Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis of the Army race Lieut. Alford J. Williams of the Navy in the 200-kilometre speed test for the Pulitzer...
Keefer last season was one of the most colorful backs in the East; playing without a headguard, his speed and clusiveness reminded many of Brown's greatest back, Follard. Mishel is another speedster, and is also a capable dropkicker. Of the other starting backs, Payer is experienced, heavy, and fast, while Jones, who has won the fullback berth has plenty of weight and played well in the last period of the Penn game...
...Freshmen have had little chance so far to show any great speed. A defeat by the strong Arlington High School team is their only record to date. The Dartmouth 1929 runners, on the other hand, won from the Springfield 1929 team by 20 to 47. They have been picked to run as follows: Harvard 1929--Leslie Flaksman, J. P. Wildes, A. S. Wood worth, W. P. Wadsworth, J. P. Emmons, W. R. Maclauren, J. W. Downing, W. R. Driver. Dartmouth 1929--Robinson Rolfe Huston, Fish, Niverson, Hazzerd, Field, White, Worth, Monahan...