Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make The 400 possible it had spent $100,000, a year of research and preparation. The roadbed had been reballasted, curves "super-elevated." Boiler pressure on the locomotive was stepped up, traction increased, oil substituted for coal to eliminate fuel stops. The 400 hit 91 on its maiden trip last week, clipped off 81 mi. in 67 min., zipped through a ceremonial tape at 85, snorted into St. Paul 2 hr. 52 min. under the old schedule...
...Railroads for the past four years, North Western has no intention of sacrificing safety and comfort for speed, but it is willing to spend money. To operate The 400 costs 95? a mile compared with 75? for regular trains. To the public the fare is the same ($14.67 round-trip...
...their last encounter with McGill at Montreal, the Harvard skaters were overcome by a five run rally in the last ten minutes of play which landed them on the bottom of a 6-1 score. But it is expected that the trip to Lake Placid and the shifts in formation will be factors of sufficient weight to throw the balance the other way. McGill suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Yale Wednesday evening, so it will be possible to make a fairly accurate comparison between the Crimson and the Blue...
Everyone enjoyed a wonderful time as the chief or one of his important deputies was sent on the perilous trip up a ten foot ladder in order to extinguish a smoldering rag on top of an awning at the Charles Restaurant. His was the delicate task of chopping out a part of the framework of the window without marring the much-dirtied glass two and a half inches below. He was assisted by kindly Fate and the crowd was able to return to their beds knowing that the city fathers were adequately protecting their lives and property...
Author Van Doren's sentences sometimes have immortal longings, oftener trip up on unfamiliar hard ground. But occasionally his earthly visitants speak in character, as in these comments on their human hosts: "Unable to know good without bad, they congratulate themselves upon being the only creatures for whom both exist. Unable to live long, they claim a special beauty for their limited lives. Unable to conceive eternity, they worship time. Unable to avoid suffering and disappointment, they pretend that these are nobler teachers than felicity and truth. Unable to achieve anything better than the sorriest confusion in their minds...