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Word: faste (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...himself is recognized as the greatest technician on the alto sax in all the surrounding territory. His "Flight of a Bumble Bee" is often done so fast that it gets done about two seconds before the people at end of the hall have begun to hear it. Drummer Buddy Schutz and trombonist Don Matteson are two of the best. Besides having a marvelous classical background, one of tenor saxman Herby Haymer's joys in life is to work in things like "Hymn to the Sun" in arrangements of "Liza"--also making faces that only a mother could love...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 11/17/1939 | See Source »

Like Harvard, Yale will henceforth govern all faculty promotions by a hard and fast "up or out" policy, President Charles Seymour has announced in his annual report...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Adopts 'Up or Out' Tenure Policy For Faculty; Similar to Harvard's Plan | 11/15/1939 | See Source »

...Dewey, C. L O.'s Frankensteen backslapped Chrysler's Weckler, who beamed right back at Mr. Frankensteen. They had agreed on some minor provisions for a new bargaining contract but had yet to settle their prime differences: 1) whether the management alone should decide how hard & fast union men shall work, and 2) whether union men shall have first call on Chrysler jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Golden Luren | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Last week all the Balkans talked fast and furiously on the subject of a Balkan, or Danubian, federation as one means whereby safety against Big Power aggression would be found in numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Playboy into Statesman | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...home in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain.) They know that now when they come out full-fledged, they will be given the best ships to fly that money can buy. Especially in fighters, Britain is satisfied that she is the Nazis' match, her Hawker Hurricanes being nearly as fast and twice as manageable as Germany's celebrated Messerschmitts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Wings for an Empire | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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