Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government's fast work brought order to Santiago. Students started back to school, buses ran again. The rioting's toll: 10 dead, 130 injured, 300 arrested...
...province's 890 wells already have a capacity of 100,000 barrels a day, and are expected to up this figure to 300,000 by 1951; but they are actually producing only about 60,000 barrels daily, enough to meet the needs of the prairie provinces. As fast as wells are brought in, they are being choked back...
...case, industry was beginning to flex its muscles again. Businessmen have increased their bank loans by $80 million, steel production has edged up to 84.8% of capacity (about where it was in June) and textiles have picked up so fast that some rayon prices are up 10% since June...
...suit. Last May, after lengthy experiments, he put the adhesive cups on sale. He expected the bra to be just a sideline to his business of chrome-plating grilles for autos, and hired two girls to fill orders in the basement of his home. The orders poured in so fast that he had to hire 43 more employees, rent the entire floor of a warehouse. Many orders remained unfilled for weeks...
Sorrowful Jones. Bob Hope in a fast-paced spoof of a Damon Runyon yarn (TIME, June...