Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Francis team has had 22 victories to its credit, having defeated the champions of Canada, McGill University, and is the recognized Catholic title holder of the East. In view of this record, the game this afternoon should prove to be both fast and close...
...play should not be confused with "Within the Law", acted at the St. James last year; it is not as good. It appeals, like all melodrama of its type, primarily in the same manner as the oldtime whooping Indian movie. The play is full of situations. They come as fast as a redskin dodging from tree to tree. And towards the end these rapid shifts grow banal...
With one favorite exception, the statutes which are painfully familiar to the greatest number of men are the traffic regulations. Last spring, when the son of a well-known automobile manufacturer was sentenced to five days in jail for fast driving, the country rang with excitement. Orange County, California, sprang into prominence by giving "a day on the rock pile" to all second offenders. Even the famous Ralph De Palma got "ten days", for shooting away from a policemen whose motorcycle was "doing...
Until now, the motorist has been the law's only-enemy. This time, it is a train that is guilty. The town of Pleasantville. New Jersey, may or not be "slow" but certainly its inhabitants trown on anything fast. In fact an ordinance has been passed forbidding express trains, which customarily go through the town at a sixty or ninety mile pace, to exceed twelve miles an hour within town limits. What is more the train crew violating this rule will be liable to arrest, fine, or imprisonment. The mayor, popularly known as "the policeman's friend" is determined...
...work, is hard, as in all branches of newspaper work, and requires effort and ingenuity. It develops the ability to think fast, to decide instantly, to act quickly, and to make advantage of opportunities. The photographer acquires good judgement, an extreme keenness of mind, and acquaintance with important people, and an indefinable 'news sense'. A newspaper man knows what is happening in the world, and he knows what news...