Word: speeding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...with the advent of winter, Weinstein intensifies his skating practices. By the beginning of the season, he's at top speed...
...claims the NHL has "tacitly allowed...since its inception." Most fans of the game don't "buy tickets expecting a WWF-like performance." I have heard innumerable comments from first-years from warmer climates, after seeing their first hockey game at Bright, describing the excitement associated with hockey's speed and aggressiveness. Slashing, injuries and blood never accompany these statements...
...over the next two years was a hypersmart and sassy voice that does for Silicon Valley and Alley what CNBC did for Wall Street. Knowing what you're talking about counts for a lot in a world of shrieking dotcom hype, and the Standard cut through the noise with speed, exuberance, minimal jargon and a dash of self-deprecating humor. Advertisers ate it up, and the Standard got very fat very quickly. Issue No. 1 had an anemic 25 pages of ads; now they frequently top 200. Ad revenues rose from less than $2 million in '98 to more than...
Like many of the start-ups it covers, the Standard is living at warp speed. Its offices are crowded with foosball tables and video-game machines. It recently got $30 million in venture capital to expand its empire (new magazines, new websites, new conferences) in return for a 15% stake in the company. It's contemplating an IPO. And on Friday night the line for its weekly rooftop party--already a San Francisco institution--stretches round the corner...
...daughter-in-law of French President Vincent Auriol, Jacqueline traded parties at the palace for stunt-flying lessons in 1946. Two years after her face was crushed while she was a passenger in a 1949 plane crash, she volunteered to fly the Vampire jet fighter and set a world speed record for female aviators...