Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protectionist. Instead, he ordered a 2?-per-lb. subsidy, which was supposed to enable efficient domestic producers to make a profit on their crops. But the nation's 5,000 sugarcane and 15,000 sugar-beet growers found that world prices were continuing to drop so fast that even with the subsidy they were losing money. At the same time, the major sugar-user firms, such as the Coca-Cola Co., General Foods Corp. and Nestlé Alimentana, were more than happy with Carter's program because it kept prices low and increased their profits...
...embarked on a modest concert tour, will be keeping an eye on the sales figures for Excitable Boy to see if the commercial returns are as strong as the critical ones have been so far. One thing that is certain right now is that Warren Zevon can run with fast company. Randy Newman, Jackson Browne. Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon ... he is as good as the best, can match their pace. Maybe, if he goes on growing, he can even set the pace. Just one question lingers: Can he sustain it? He is such an excitable...
...Immigrants, Fast...
...audience reviews the words, and then realizes that they add up to something funny. But when the delivery is sharp, you feel yourself beginning to laugh even before the line is finished. That never happens in the Leverett production. Although director Tim Garry has paced the show far too fast--with the exception of the physical business called for in the script, where things grind to a dead halt--he has not given the actors any clues about proper emphasis. The wistful and the exuberant sound alike, and the unvarying rhythm grows monotonous...
Kelly outlined her strategy in the 500. Her main opposition came from a friend from her native Philadelphia, where she grew up swimming. "I knew she went out fast so I figured if I could stay with her for the first 200, she would die. I hoped she would...