Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fish wiggle properly, he discovered, the intensity of the current must rise suddenly and die away slowly. Such "pulses" must be about two-thousandths of a second long. The pause between pulses must be timed to the natural swimming motions of the fish. Since little fish move their tails faster than big fish, the pulses must come closer together (about 20 per second) to catch little fish. A current with two pulses per second catches big ones...
...meet someone -anyone," he wrote. "Pick girl who wears glasses. Start off by asking a woman what she thinks is the most beautiful thing in the world . . . Believe just the opposite of what people say, especially men, and you will be right 98% of the time . . . Gambling diverts men faster than lechery . . . Love, luck, etc. return in cycles...
...hackies were unanimous in condemning the inefficiency of the new system. "The traffic might have been a little more dangerous before, but it certainly moved faster," argued one. "Busses are forced to double-park, and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. cars are often tied up as far back as Chauncy Street. Not to mention the early morning...
...Student Employment Office has started to use a new system of cataloguing job opportunities which will enable it to find jobs for students faster...
...Today Harvard should be considerably improved over last week. Not only is the team running faster, kicking better, and passing better, but almost everyone is off the injury list...