Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...counted A. & P. money in the cashier's cage on Vesey Street. In his homely way he decided that things were going too fast in the 20s. In 1927, he put his heavy foot down and ordered A. & P. to make no leases for over one year ahead. That policy saved his company millions of dollars in Depression...
...clock Coach Haines barked out the starting signal. The boat holding the middle lane, stroked by Meyer, pulled steadily ahead, and held its lead to the finish, winning by a length and a quarter...
...across the prairies. Between Dix and Potter, Neb. it covered two miles in one minute flat. Never before had a passenger train hit 120 m.p.h.* After a run of 38 hr. 49 min. from Los Angeles M10001 glided smoothly into Chicago's La Salle Street Station, 20 hours ahead of the fastest regular train schedule on that route...
...first two months of the Federal Housing Administration's drive American Radiator business had jumped 40% ahead of the same months of 1933, said Mr. Woolley. In the first two weeks of October sales were up 75%. "And remember." said he. "that only the home repair loan section of the Act is effective as yet. When Title II, providing for financing of new homes and apartments, goes into effect in November, the building trades will get another sharp step forward...
...Mack Sennett became a director his comedies were soon pushing Griffith's pictures for popularity. He started his own company, called it Keystone Comedy Co. Thanks to a totally inefficient Russian cameraman, his first three pictures were not fit to be seen. But when he began to go ahead he went fast. During his first year as an independent producer Sennett made 104 successful comedies. Soon Mack Sennett was a tycoon and had his heart's desire-a huge bathtub in his office. This tub was a favored spot for conferences; it was a mark of favor...