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...In 1967 the US’s X-15 hit a speed of 4,520mph — 6.7 times the speed of sound — when Major William Knight piloted the rocket-powered experimental aircraft....
...Andrew Lloyd Webber once saw it in the window of a Chelsea junk shop but his granny wouldn’t lend him the £50 he’d have needed....
...Its SR/F can hit 124 miles per hour, yet starts at a realistic £18,990....
...But I get the impression that, just occasionally, really V, V, VIPs may be given a glimpse within....
...In July 1989, George Bush Sr promised: “For the new century, back to the Moon, back to the future, and this time back to stay!”...
...Robert Williams in Paris To judge by fairly recent lunchtime developments, you might think that Parisians have succumbed to the 21st century trend of grab-and-go in the Anglo-Saxon mode....
...A judge in Regina v....
...In 1946, E.V. Rieu’s translation of The Odyssey was the first Penguin classic and a bestselling classic for 15 years....
...Presidents Reagan, Bush Sr and Clinton were, more or less, polite enough to pretend to believe the senators. Mr Bush Jr is different....
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