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"I think speed's overrated," says Bob van der Linden, chairman of the aeronautics department at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, which displays many of the record-holding craft.
Putting on the Brakes: Mankind Nears the End of the Age of Speed Daniel Michaels 2011
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I told myself I'd only crochet them from now on for speed's sake, but I had a great idea for one and know I'm knitting away on a blanket for my son.
Catchup Nalini Singh 2009
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The point wouldn't have been to go fast for speed's own sake, although he'd have enjoyed that.
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The point wouldn't have been to go fast for speed's own sake, although he'd have enjoyed that.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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The peak of this celebration of sheer speed -- what Dr. Roger Bannister, the four-minute miler turned neurologist, calls "" an extravagant fling of energy '' -- will come this week with speed's four most glamorous events: the men's and women's 50-meter swim sprint and the men's and women's 100-meter dash.
Caught Speeding 2008
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Microsoft's recommended minimum for Windows 95 is the 386DX, but if speed's important, go for a Pentium 75 MHz.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, (INAUDIBLE) good, air speed's coming up.
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So I'm writing this from a computer lab in Accra; it's nicely modern, with about 50 pentium 4-2000 machines, but it's about 1500ms to anything really interesting on the Internet backbone and the speed's not that fabulous.
Boing Boing: August 29, 2004 - September 4, 2004 Archives 2004
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I was seeded second (behind Steve) going in, and actually managed to get four points (which is four more than I've ever gotten in any other music finals -- speed's not my thing here), finishing eighth instead of my usual tenth.
Weekend trash report yendi 2005
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COOPER: OK, I just want to - Tom, I don't know, if you can tell Kim (INAUDIBLE) the wind speed's going to double, they say.
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