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Soap Box Derby

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The Soap Box Derby is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934. [1]

33 relations: Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, Ball bearing, Board of Trade, Boulder, Colorado, Carnegie Mellon University traditions, Charlie Chaplin, Chevrolet, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, Derby Downs, Electromagnet, Graham McNamee, Gravity, Gravity racer, Harvey (play), Indictment, James Stewart, John DeLorean, Juvenile delinquency, Kid Auto Races at Venice, Legal guardian, Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mission, British Columbia, Muncie, Indiana, Myron Scott, NBC, Power tool, Steel, The Detroit News, United States, Works Progress Administration, X-ray.

Akron Beacon Journal

The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States, and published by Black Press.

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Akron, Ohio

Akron is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.

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Ball bearing

A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County, and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Carnegie Mellon University traditions

Carnegie Mellon University is home to a variety of unique traditions, some of which date back to the early days of its over 100-year history.

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Dayton Daily News

The Dayton Daily News (DDN) is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Derby Downs

Derby Downs, in Akron, Ohio, has been the home track of the All American Soap Box Derby since it was built as a Works Progress Administration project in the late 1930s.

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Electromagnet

An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current.

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Graham McNamee

Graham McNamee (July 10, 1888 – May 9, 1942) was an American radio broadcaster, the medium's most recognized national personality in its first international decade.

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Gravity

Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.

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Gravity racer

A gravity racer or soapbox is a motorless vehicle which is raced on a downhill road either against the clock or against another competitor.

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Harvey (play)

Harvey is a 1944 play by the American playwright Mary Chase.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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James Stewart

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history.

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John DeLorean

John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.

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Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency, also known as "juvenile offending", is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles, i.e. individuals younger than the statutory age of majority).

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Kid Auto Races at Venice

Kid Auto Races at Venice (also known as The Pest) is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin in which his "Little Tramp" character makes his first appearance in a film exhibited before the public.

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Legal guardian

A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward.

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Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce (MRCC) is a Canadian non-profit organization that acts as an advocate for economic development in the region and promotes area tourism to visitors and locals.

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Mission, British Columbia

Mission is a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Muncie, Indiana

Muncie is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana.

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Myron Scott

Myron E. Scott (September 16, 1907 – October 4, 1998) was the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Power tool

A power tool is a tool that is actuated by an additional power source and mechanism other than the solely manual labor used with hand tools.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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The Detroit News

The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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X-ray

X-rays make up X-radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_Box_Derby

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