In Ancient Greek, one of the final two or three syllables of a word carries an accent. Each syllable may contain one or two vocalic morae, but only one can be accented; accented morae are pronounced at a higher pitch.
US military to launch fastest-ever plane. By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Falcon HTV-2, the fastest plane ever built, could have flown 18 miles. It would get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000C, hotter than the melting point of steel.
Warner Robins, Georgia (CNN)Al Joersz and George Morgan remember the day they joined the ranks of the fastest men alive. In 1976 they smashed the world aviation speed record by blasting across the Western United States in America's super spy plane, the Lockheed SR-71. Official speed: 2,193 mph. It wasn't supposed to be that big of a deal, Joersz said on the phone from his home in Temple, Texas.