Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cabinet colleagues last week for not informing them months ago that most of what "the newspapers" were printing about German air rearmament was true. Since Deutschland has now stolen an air march on England, the Cabinet last week could only urge Lord Londonderry to build British battle planes as fast as Britains can-600 new planes costing...
...were speeded up, fares slashed, air-conditioning increased. And exciting new equipment was being installed all over the country-so-called "neo-trains" which are exciting in performance as well as appearance. Some are Dieselectrics, some have streamlined electric engines, some are Iron Horses in new harness. All are fast, colorful, ultramodern...
...toward her, slugs her over the head with a rock, seizes her purse, darts away. Up to the curb glides a La Salle limousine. Out of it steps a gentleman in full evening dress and top hat. With a few nimble bounds, he overtakes the fleeing Negro, pinions him fast. Then from his pocket the gentleman whips a gleaming pen knife. Deftly he slits the Negro's throat from ear to ear. Returning to the young woman, who has now recovered, the immaculate avenger doffs his topper, bows from the waist saying, "Your purse, Madam," steps quickly back into...
...broke his neck. Stuart S. Janney Jr. on Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth's big, chestnut 12-year-old, Hotspur II, was leading when Trouble Maker went down. Captain Kettle, ridden by Charles R. White, trying for his third Maryland Hunt Cup victory in a row, came up fast as the field went over the last two jumps. On the home stretch, down a lane between red fences to hold the crowd back, the two fought through one of the brilliant finishes for which the Maryland Hunt Cup is famed. When it was over, Hotspur II was still leading...
Rosenbaum Grain Corp. has one of the largest storage capacities (18,000,000 bu.) of any grain house in the U. S. On busy days fast-talking Manny Rosenbaum. a cigaret hanging on his nether lip, keeps the grain pit lively with his orders. On dull days the pit brokers sometimes amuse themselves at his expense by parodying the German melody "O Tannenbaum" with loud choruses of "O Rosenbaum, O Rosenbaum...