Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...driven into a tobacco warehouse the night before, intending to unload and sell his tobacco the next day. Mr. Hawkins dreamed that he was crossing a railroad track, that his vehicle was about to be struck by an oncoming train. At that critical juncture in his dream a fast freight actually roared by along a track near the warehouse, with a jangle of bell and blast of whistle. Not waiting to open the door, Tobacco Grower Hawkins hastily dived through a glass window of his truck, bumped to the floor, sustained severe bruises and lacerations. A local physician dressed...
...Democratic procession roared down broad highway No. 6, past great "Roosevelt & Curley" posters, sometimes racing three abreast. Questions of precedence were settled by stepping on the accelerator. Moving vans and beer trucks joined in the careening motorcade. Newshawks' hair stood on end but Governor Curley is used to fast driving and there were no accidents...
...Rexist throng, disappointing their leader with a turnout of only 5,000, fought with walking sticks to which they had secured razor blades. As fast as police drove Rexists from one square they would rush off down side streets shouting the name of the next square in which they proceeded to meet police charges. Sporadic shots killed nobody, but 78 were injured, nearly 300 briefly jailed...
...hand, would do to schools & schoolmen appears partly from his seven-year record at Chicago, where with one stroke he scrapped most of the old departmental di visions, realigned them, cut the number of budgets from 72 to twelve, offered to put smart youngsters through their academic paces as fast as they were able to go. To all U. S. colleges, according to his book, Educator Hutchins would do a great deal more...
...Crimson Coach Carr makes two lineup shifts; one in the forward line where Frank Harnden replaces Dick Lowis at right inside, while Bob Holcombe, a fast and heavy Senior, takes Harnden's place at center. Joe Bradley takes possession of the fullback berth...