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  • A Russian tells a joke to a huddle of burly men and I stand on the edge, startled to hear the name Speedy Gonzalez mixed into the rolling narration.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • A Russian tells a joke to a huddle of burly men and I stand on the edge, startled to hear the name Speedy Gonzalez mixed into the rolling narration.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • A Russian tells a joke to a huddle of burly men and I stand on the edge, startled to hear the name Speedy Gonzalez mixed into the rolling narration.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Peterson gained the nickname "Speedy" because coaches thought he resembled the cartoon character "Speed Racer" when wearing his helmet, the association said.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • OK, We don't want the Speedy from the racist '50's so we'll have him in a movie about SLOW MEXICANS and how THEY CAN T KEEP UP WITH SPEEDY!

    Casting Notes: George Lopez is Speedy Gonzales; Anjelica Huston and Philip Baker Hall in I’m With Cancer | /Film 2010

  • Freddy was the one for whom coming up with something like Speedy is the whole point.

    All the mad men and all the mad women are looking for meaningful work 2008

  • Freddy was the one for whom coming up with something like Speedy is the whole point.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • Sadly for them, Speedy is in a bit of a dry spell and hasn't found a habitable planet for a very long time.

    REVIEW: Between Worlds edited by Robert Silverberg 2006

  • Officers removed Speedy from the car after he made several escape attempts from their front desk, and they took him to a nearby animal sanctuary.

    STUART LITTLE ??? 2002

  • In this case, though Captain Speedy lent the policeman money wherewith to pay his aunt's fine, the creditor repeatedly refused to receive it, preferring to exercise his prerogative of holding the family as his rightful slaves.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

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