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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...e 1940s, Norma is a forgotten former silent film star from the 19teens and 1920s, and the car represents both the height her glamour and how its time has pa
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• Compression ratio
  ...VCR engines, the first being built and tested by [[Harry Ricardo]] in the 1920s. This work led to him devising the [[octane rating]] system that is still i
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...who died in a practice session in May 1997. Two drivers total died in the 1920s, with another two in the 1930s, one in the 1940s, five in the 1950s, five i
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• Gucci
  ...ements featured models in sleek, simple gowns inspired by the glamour of [[1920s]] [[silent film]] stars. Ford priced up the ready-to-wear and used exotic f
  16 KB (2,439 words) - 21:34, 3 November 2009
• Southern Italy
  After being weakened during the 1920s and 1930s, [[organised crime]] was given total freedom by the United States
  21 KB (3,176 words) - 08:01, 14 June 2009
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  ==1912 to the 1920s - The Golden Age of Racing==
  25 KB (3,666 words) - 10:05, 2 March 2009
• Station wagon
  ...enerally prevailed from the earliest origins of the wagon bodystyle in the 1920s through the 1940s. It remained in use through 1960 on several models offere
  23 KB (3,587 words) - 23:11, 7 August 2009
• Italy
  In the early 1920s, [[Benito Mussolini]] took control of [[Italy]] and [[Italy]] became [[fasc
  24 KB (3,378 words) - 22:17, 1 April 2009
• James Bond music
  ...67 spoof ''Casino Royale'' also included two short comedic songs sung in a 1920s style. One led into an instrumental version of "Look of Love" and began wit
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• Music of Italy
  ...ree from foreign influence, except briefly under the Fascist regime of the 1920s and 30s. As a result, Italian music has kept elements of the many peoples t Later, in the Fascist era of the 1920s and 30s, government censorship occurred, though not on a systematic basis.
  64 KB (9,803 words) - 10:36, 6 June 2018
• Automobile
  Since the 1920s nearly all cars have been mass-produced to meet market needs, so marketing
  31 KB (4,648 words) - 15:58, 10 August 2009
• Fuel injection
  Fuel injection has been used commercially in [[diesel engine]]s since the mid 1920s. The concept was adapted for use in petrol-powered aircraft during [[World
  35 KB (5,222 words) - 08:19, 11 June 2009
• Indianapolis 500
  In the early 1920s, Miller built his own 3.0 litre (183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot
  27 KB (4,045 words) - 22:42, 4 November 2009
• Australian Grand Prix
  ...t various circuits around Australia for many decades, dating back into the 1920s, making the race one of the oldest surviving races today. Like the [[Frenc
  40 KB (5,205 words) - 21:16, 4 November 2009
• Motorcycle speedway
  Originating in [[New South Wales]], Australia in the 1920s, there are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of
  34 KB (5,397 words) - 08:53, 7 October 2009
• History of the bicycle
  ...d 1910. Automobiles became the preferred means of transportation. Over the 1920s, bicycles gradually became considered children's toys, and by 1940 most bic
  34 KB (5,162 words) - 18:37, 23 April 2009
• Formula One
  ...uropean [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number of Grand Prix racing organisations laid out rules for a
  35 KB (5,462 words) - 09:39, 7 October 2009
• Alfa Romeo
  ...thusiasts as being the first "supercar", with the term being coined in the 1920s by a British journalist to describe an Alfa Romeo. Some notable owners incl
  34 KB (5,222 words) - 09:56, 10 March 2019
• Fiat
  ...s. After the war, Fiat introduced its first tractor, the 702. By the early 1920s, Fiat had a market share in Italy of 80%.
  39 KB (5,921 words) - 11:29, 14 April 2012
• Tour de France
  ...ondemned by Desgrange, and he only accepted their inevitability during the 1920s. Even when commercial cycling teams had become commonplace in other events,
  51 KB (7,916 words) - 16:23, 13 June 2009

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