Word: fastly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chile, the Government had moved fast to crush an abortive army conspiracy which was blamed...
...bells didn't bother the Aggies. They played the slow, deliberate, agonizing brand of basketball for which they are famous, and for which fast-breaking St. Louis had no antidote. On the St. Louis bench, Coach Ed Hickey gave an imitation of a man fighting off bees as the score went against him, furiously diagrammed plays on the floor with chalk during time-outs. On the Aggie bench, Coach Hank Iba said reassuringly to his men: "Take your time. Take your time...
This time, pudgy Conductor Reiner had no sensational Salome to work with. For his second opera, the Met hauled out of storage a number that takes elbow grease and even more finesse: Verdi's last, perhaps greatest but hardly popular opera, the ephemeral, fast-moving Falstaff...
Down to the Sea is no great picture, but it is tight enough at the seams to be seaworthy. Its big moments-notably the harpooning and the ship's tangle with an iceberg in the fog-have a fast-moving drive and conviction. Despite an occasional whiff of the studio, they have a real sea smell...
...clean, fast hockey game most of the way, thanks to the strict refereeing of Paul Cleary and John Foley. Unfortunately for the Elis, who apparently were not used to careful refereeing, the burden of the penalty calls fell on them...