Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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First and loudest to speed the departing publishers was the News, which, although "Ridders never die," had doubled its circulation since they came to town...
...Senators and two Congressmen bowed before him ceremoniously, asked if he had any further communication for the Congress. He had not. The committee scurried away to speed adjournment...
...Armistice handed him by Marshal Foch and became undeservedly "The Best Hated Man in Germany." As Chancellor of the Exchequer directly after the War, he wrested his country's railways from the numerous German states, established and coordinated the national railway of the Reich, today a model of speed and punctuality...
...persons crowded about Hanworth aerodrome near London last week, waiting to cheer the winner of the King's Cup race around England. Most expected to see famed Flight Lieut. H. R. D. Waghorn, last year's Schneider Cup winner, or Squadron Leader A. H. Orlebar, speed record holder, drop out of the sky ahead of the other 87 planes. Others hoped to salute Prince George's Hawk Moth, or the Prince of Wales's Tomtit, as winner of their father's trophy...
...popular pedestal beside Amy Johnson, London-to-Australia flyer (TIME, June 2). Betting odds against Miss Brown were 49-to-1. In her AvroAvian biplane she started 14th, pulled up to seventh at Bristol, third at Manchester, disposed of Waghorn and Orlebar on her way to Newcastle. Her average speed...