Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...outside the walls of Changsha, midway between Hankow and Canton, zealous city officials last week hurried to carry out their "scorched earth" policy (to destroy everything of value to the invaders). They made the mistake of forgetting to warn the populace in time. Fire roared through the city so fast that thousands of families were trapped. Firefighters struggled for five days before the flames were brought under control. Some 2,000 Chinese were burned to death, more injured...
...firm conviction of the Japanese Government that in the face of the new situation fast developing in East Asia any attempt to apply to the conditions of today and tomorrow inapplicable ideas and principles of the past would neither contribute toward the establishment of real peace in East Asia nor solve immediate issues...
Sing Out the News. A fast, lively, pro-Roosevelt revue (TIME...
...mackinawed men from the Hills of Hanover took it on the chin Saturday, 23-13, at the hands of the sunkist college of co-ed dreamdom. And it was no freak win. The weather was clear and the track fast. All-American Captain Bob MacLeod and his mates Bill Hutchinson and Colby Howe were due to romp. Stanford, however, held them to 77 yards by rushing and only seven of Hutch's 17 passes found receivers...
...article in the "North American Review" of this month entitled "The Fast Set at Harvard" is only the first of a number of articles intended to set before the faculty of the University a true statement of the inner life of Harvard's undergraduates. The author is working for the best interests of that institution...