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Dictatorship of Speed Tests Shorthand Contest Victory
In Washington a National Speed Contest for stenographers featured a 280 words per minute dictation by a top contestant, Edward Varallo of Wilmington. Judges and spectators watched as contestants pushed their machines to record rapid speech, then faced transcription challenges and strenuous prep regimes.
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