Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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About the time he began distinguishing himself in the union's affairs, Dick Frankensteen made the acquaintance of another Dodge employe named John Andrews. The two were soon fast friends. Frankensteen had no automobile, so Andrews drove him to work and to union meetings. Many an hour they spent talking union business. Andrews was hotheaded, always complaining, wanting to call a strike and urging violence. Frankensteen had to cool him off, warning that too great militancy might wreck their young union...
...digest" monthly to give readers boiled-down versions of full-length books. This week the U. S. saw the result-a 25? Book Digest, of which 75,000 copies were distributed to the stands of American News Co. First issue of Book Digest had condensations of ten recent books, fast-sellers like John Gunther's Inside Europe, Herbert Asbury's The French Quarter, Pearl Buck's Fighting Angel...
...merchandise used as a football and crowd-getter. Nor does he enjoy the disorderly competition brought about by two and sometimes more stores in a town starting a feud and vowing they will not be undersold. It always seemed to me that is one way to go nowhere fast." Not price-cutting but price-raising disturbed Jay D. Runkle of Marshall Field's New York Office. In prices the merchant's interest is close to that of the customer, opposed to that of the manufacturer. The lower the price the easier it is to sell the goods...
...Manhattan, Negro Clarence Baker attempted to carry his bass drum through a subway turnstile, was wedged fast 45 minutes before a maintenance crew could release...
...sprinters include in their numbers Captain John Colony, and the Dons Mackay and Barker. They are all strong swimmers, and will probably divide first laurels throughout the season. Together with Hutter, they will form an unusually fast relay team...