Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord Curzon has not yet fallen, but the Marchioness, his wife, is an exponent of no mean accomplishment. Lloyd George has not yet made his dancing debut, nor is he ever likely to. Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord Chancellor, leads the political world in jazz dancing. No band is too fast for him. Another statesman, chided about his jazz passion, retorted that the Duke of Wellington left a ballroom in Brussels to fight the Battle of Waterloo...
...industrial reconstruction of the devastated area is fast approaching completion; the destroyed or damaged coal mines in these areas are increasing their output, being aided by the improved technical equipment introduced; in the great textile industries of these areas the damaged works, provided with the most modern machinery and accessories, have been occupied to the full extent of the labor at their disposal. Agricultural reconstruction has not lagged behind...
Yesterday afternoon Ray worked out again on the Stadium track, running a fast quarter mile with Captain Burke, Merrill, and Gordon of the University squad. He declared that he is weighing 125 pounds and for the last two weeks has been conscientiously training for a big effort in his record breaking attempt tomorrow...
...Fast. As many critics commented, the title of this opus is apt. If Southern dialect were the only requisite of great drama, Not So Fast would be another Hamlet?but that is the most that can be said in its favor. The action concerns the usual city fellers who atempt to befool the honest but apparently boobish guardian of the two girl orphans and their fortune. Of course, he befools them instead. Allegorical triumph of virtue. Curtain...
...Freshman baseball team by an eighth inning rally turned what hid fair to become a defeat into a victory, and finally downed the Westbrook Seminary nine by the score of 6 to 5 on Soldiers Field yesterday. The game was fast throughout, the visitors hitting freely in the early innings and piling up a 5 to 3 lead...