Word: fastly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Springtime. In Oklahoma City, Leroy Thurman helped open up a case of compressed bedsprings, didn't jump fast enough, hit the ceiling, landed in the hospital...
...American woman: "I suppose you're packing now." "Why?" she asked. Said the shopkeeper: "You mean to tell me that you don't realize the consequences of Moscow's failure? Why, any day now it will happen and you'll have to leave as fast...
Bearer's Progress. Seldom has a man risen so far and so fast in Dominion political life. Descendant of New England Tories of Revolutionary War days-he sometimes refers to his "New England conscience"-Doug Abbott had nothing to do with politics until he was 41. His career was law, his sports were bridge, golf, curling and fishing. Born in 1899 (at Lennoxville, Quebec), he served overseas in World War I, returned to finish his law studies. By 1940 he had a pretty wife, three children, a medium-sized income in a medium-sized Montreal law firm...
Like most U.S. business, War Assets Administration had a whopping first quarter. WAA sold surplus goods with a face value of $2.3 billion for $668,314,000, about 30? on the dollar. But unlike other merchandising organizations, WAA has found that its market is fast disappearing. It has already skimmed the cream. Last week WAA Boss Robert McGowan Little-John reported that WAA still has $13 billion of unsold surpluses on hand. But he did not think much of this could be sold. His chances of selling much of what's left seem so poor that he plans...
...Barber appears to have been made without enough money; the lighting and sets are a little drab, and the recording is not all it might be. Those who prefer a good, fast movie had better stay away. Those who like opera will have a good time at this picture. And even those who regard opera as silly may find that silliness can be enjoyable...