Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rising prices which paper money brought with it, not the paper money itself, that precipitated industrial collapse in the inflation-ridden countries of post-war Europe. It is not necessary to have studied economics to discern that if flat money is issued only as fast as the industrial machine can produce then prices do not rise; and that if prices do not rise, no harm is done...
...gruelling hour-and-a-half scrimmage in which the fast-stepping backs of the varsity shone, wound up the football practice at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon, and the Jayvees were left on the tail end of a 24-0 score...
...Binghamton city line No. 8 was stopped by a red block signal while just ahead a freight backed into a siding to clear the main line. No. 8's flagman sprinted back with red lantern and track torpedoes. Several minutes behind No. 8 out of Binghamton was a fast milk train (No. 2). At the throttle was Engineer Martin ("Biddy") King, 62, heavyset, red-faced veteran of the Erie service. As he approached B D tower, the block signal changed from red (stop) to yellow (caution). An air whistle tooted in his cab as part of the automatic train...
...that followed King admitted he saw the signals, knew No. 8 was just ahead, put on speed against the rules. Accused of "assuming too much," he replied: "Everyday service led me to assume. It made me a little bold. I was taking a chance and going a little too fast. . . . But the collision wouldn't have occurred if No. 8's flagman had got off where he should...
...President de Cespedes planned to cut the Army's numbers and pay. Last week a little band of sergeants walked into the Camp Columbia barracks of the very officers who had overthrown Machado. Firmly and none too politely the sergeants told their superiors they were through. Word traveled fast how easy it was-to the other barracks, to the police, to the rural guard, to the Navy. This was the bloodless "revolt of the sergeants." They held the forts, ships, men, artillery. If it came to a showdown, they held the balance of power. Their leader was straightway made...