Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harry Parker will say about going to Mexico City is this: "It is fairly clear that we have the potential to make a boat fast enough to go to the Trials and win them. But these oarsmen realize that a lot of different elements go into making a winning combination. It's not automatic. We're looking for that combination, and I think we have as good a chance as anyone else of finding...
...nothing but me and the goddam Germans," growled Abrams, "and we can fight by ourselves." It was Abrams in his Sherman tank who led the relief column into Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. It was Abrams again who led the dash to the Rhine, moving so fast that he once surprised a German general and his staff with their boots up on their desks...
...cannabis preparations before legalization of marijuana can be rationally considered. Action in this direction is obviously needed; like Prohibition's Volstead Act, current antimarijuana laws only result in the arrest of increasing thousands of young Americans each year without any deterrent effect. The use of marijuana is fast becoming a social phenomenon rather than a legal nuisance, but medical science and the law have not kept up with the change...
...wahoo that expired without a peep on the end of 80-lb. test lived up to his name on 20 lb.; the 10-lb. bonefish that rolled belly up on 20 lb. became a raging demon on 6-lb. or better still, 4-lb. test, ripping off line so fast that it sounded like a sheet tearing. Says Pete Perinchief of Bermuda's top-rated Anglers Club, which hosts an annual tournament limited to 30 lb. and under: "If a guy down here says he's using anything heavier than...
...never seen six hours rush by so fast," quipped Bob Hope. He had a point. Last week's Academy Award ceremonies took 21 hours, but they seemed twice as turgid and ten times as tasteless...