Word: fastly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vegas, Nev., city of fast weddings and quick divorces, Judge A. G. ("Gus") Blad, a part-time bartender, led a field of twelve candidates for justice of the peace. The job is worth $50,000 a year in marriage fees...
Sound Effects. Ultrasonic (high frequency) sound waves were reported on by Dr. Julia F. Herrick, of the Mayo Foundation. These violent little waves (far too short for the ear to hear) can have strange effects on living organisms. They vibrate so fast that they leave small cavitations (empty spaces) between them, and these can tear microorganisms, or human cells, to bits...
...year-old Concertgebouw and Rome's famed Augusteo. They had heard the Mozart piano concertos, performed unforgettably by their finest living interpreter-Pianist Artur Schnabel. They had seen Mozart's operatic masterpieces, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan Tutti, given with polish by a company that is fast becoming the best in the business-Britain's Glyndebourne. They had heard superlative choral works, including Bach's B Minor Mass, sung by a chorus with few peers-the Huddersfield Choral Society...
Profits. Slimmed-down General Aniline & Film Corp., which recently agreed to lease over 3,500 of its basic patents (TIME, March 29), seemed to thrive on the reduced diet. By paring costs and concentrating on fast-selling dyes and photographic equipment, President Jack Frye (who runs G.A.F. for the Office of Alien 'Property) upped half-year sales 25% to $44.439,000, profits more than...
...bosses took over the Mitchum case fast. The garrulous actor, his fellow partygoers, and even the arresting officers fell suddenly mum. Studio press-agents whispered "confidentially" that the case looked like a frame-up. With Mitchum out on $1,000 bail and brooding in silence, statements began to rumble smoothly out of the front offices...