Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always," says Kriss, "the toughest question was what to leave out. Each theme introduced in the book is intricately threaded and developed throughout the whole. " In refining and condensing the excerpts, Kriss readily accepted some constructive suggestions from an authoritative source who proved to be a fast, able and understanding editorial aide: Henry Kissinger himself...
...months was certified by FAA examiners as qualified to pilot multiengine planes, fly under instrument conditions and handle jets. Insisted FAA Spokesman Fred Farrar: "The implication that somehow Munson got his license and ratings in an indecent hurry just isn't valid. This isn't too fast." As a ballplayer, Munson was able to spend much more time than most other private pilots in learning to fly. He had logged 516 hr. in the air, 303 of them as pilot in command...
...navigated our nation through one of the most anguishing periods in its history. He had striven for a revolution in American foreign policy so that it would overcome the disastrous oscillations between overcommitment and isolation. Despised by the Establishment, ambiguous in his human perceptions, he had yet held fast, determined to prove that the strongest free country had no right to abdicate. What would have happened had the Establishment about which he was so ambivalent shown him some love? Would he have withdrawn deeper into the wilderness of his resentments, or would an act of grace have liberated...
...Friars went out fast. Their strategy involved going out and really pushing for the first mile, hopefully upsetting the less experienced Crimson, and the plan worked like a charm...
McCurdy cited inexperience and the long-standing Providence reputation. "We were too much in awe of them and deferred to them too easily. We ran relatively fast, but out of the race," he said...