Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wife had no intimation that this first of their five children was going to be extraordinary. They and all their known ancestors were of normal size. Their firstborn, who arrived on Washington's Birthday, 1918, weighed only 8½ lb. at birth. He began to grow fast at once. At six months he weighed 30 Ib. Year later he weighed as much as a normal six-year-old boy. When he was six years old and in the first grade he had to put on long pants because the biggest boys' suits (size 17) were too small...
Even worse would have been the can makers' showing last year had it not been for beer. Starting from scratch in 1935, canned beer caught so fast that the brewers in 1936 bought about 725,000,000 cans, 600,000,000 from American Can alone, or five beer cans for each & every U.S. citizen...
...told him that he was Irish too. He sneaked out of the house after dark, joined a pal who had a rifle, took turns firing at British rifle flashes. Soon he had joined the Irish Republican Army as a volunteer, left home for good. His governessy upbringing rubbed off fast. He was made an officer, sent out to organize country districts, given such perilous jobs as disguising himself as a British officer. He had to change his name often. Once, when his alias was Gallagher, the friendly countrymen called him Kelly, thinking his name might really be Gallagher. Worst thing...
...mile run provided the expected excitement, and no one could have asked for a more thrilling race, though the record-breaking time of 4:19.6 was a little to fast for red-headed At Northrop; for the race turned into a battle between Cornell's Wreck Wolch and his captain Johnny Meaden, after Northrop had shot his bolt too soon...
After three postponements due to lack of snow, the field of 30 skiers were rewarded by perfect conditions, fast powder snow and brisk, cold weather Times were fast: the first three men averaged about 30 miles per hour over the treacherous one and one-fourth mile course...