Word: fastly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...taxes. Minnesota's dogged Harold Knutson was determined to get fast action on his bill to save taxpayers an estimated $5.6 billion. As chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, Republican Knutson meant to give short shrift to an Administration bill calling for 1) a flat $40 across-the-board cut in income taxes, and 2) a revenue-balancing reinstatement of the wartime tax on excess corporate profits. Even among Democrats, the Administration bill found few enthusiasts. North Carolina's tough old "Muley" Doughton, ranking Democrat on the Knutson committee, refused to introduce it. To get this futile...
Pankey, aggressive like the flu virus, and Skinner, inexperienced but good when he is on, have been like adrenalin to the rangy quintet. Slow hoofed Gabler has set fire to fast-break plays by his quick deceptive passing...
...track. Innocent children were her favorite fare, but once a girl child, who might have been her dinner, foiled her with bread. Fleeing from Baba-Yaga, this miraculous child strewed the forest with crumbs, each of which sprouted a tree, and the trees grew so tall and thick and fast in Baba-Yaga's path that the child outran the old witch's seven-league mortar to safety...
...world's two biggest voluntary plans for prepaying hospital and doctors' bills have grown so fast that they are unwieldy. The Blue Cross (which takes care of hospital bills) has 85 locally organized corporations in 47 states*; the newer Blue Shield (for doctors' bills) has 48 corporations in 29 states. Last week, at a joint Blue Cross-Blue Shield dinner in Washington's Hotel Statler, a merger was announced. A single administrator will take over the job of nationwide coordination...
James A. Cronin, son of the noted Jim, exclaimed "how they are drinking! The boys bolt in, grab a large quantity of beer, bolt it, and fly back to their books. They don't stay long, but drink fast and plenty...