Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rang the deep voice of Chief Boatswain's Mate Frederick J. Tobin, in charge of the ground crew: "Navy men, stand fast! We've got to get those people out of there!" With tremendous bravery, scores of gobs and civilians dashed headlong back to the conflagration. Though the heat was so intense that thermometers rose in the Navy Aerological School 500 yd. away, the rescuers charged into the control cabin and the passenger quarters. As one observer put it: "Those boys dived into the flames like dogs after rabbits!" Someone found Captain Lehmann, his clothes frizzled...
Almost the only way for a workman to rise is to become a foreman, he said, but that opportunity has greatly decreased. "The number of foremen has increased a little more than half as fast as the number of factories since the depression, while the means to launch into self-employment have almost vanished. Labor leaders frankly admit that unlimited opportunity for the workman is a thing of the past...
...picture's importance, such as cast names, expensive sets and the fame of writers and directors, it should have remained merely a modest little musical for double bills. By a rare cinematic accident, it successfully refutes its sales bracket. Its gags and tunes are good, its patter fast. Above all it has the unprefigured value which is generated in a musical when most of the participants are young enough to enjoy their opportunities with relish and when the proceedings are not grave enough to numb them with anxiety concerning the results...
Playing at hard, fast game the rugby team crushed the French Rugby Club by a score of 20-5. Bob Watt, varsity footballer was outstanding on the offensive, making two tries and a penalty kick...
With the bases loaded by virtue of passes to Bilodeau, and Jim sullivan and Buster McacTernen's infield single, chances for a Crimson victory in the tenth appeared bright. But the St. John's pitcher, Irving Prince, forced Dave Shean to hit into a fast double play, ending the inning...