Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When orders came to abandon ship, few were prompt to obey. "Yes, sir," mumbled the Negro mess attendants manning an antiaircraft gun; they kept on firing. A19-year-old steward's mate with a broken leg dragged himself back to his post with them. Only when two planes had been shot down and the decks were awash did the men jump into the oily...
Selective Service's Lieut. Colonel H. Cliff Hatcher, who received Barbara's letter "for action," made prompt reply: "We have contacted the local board and advised them to delay the induction of your father until Monday, April 10, and we hope that you have a very happy Easter and your little sister will have a very happy birthday...
...people of this country want only one new or different thing of their Government. That is truth-the kind of blunt, prompt, direct truth that shows that the Government has confidence in the people. The people will return that confidence in kind. There will be no strikes when the Government says "Don't" and means it. There will be no inflation, no griping at taxes, regardless of how high they are. There will be strong, confident faces where now you see only reflections of "what next?" Give us a Government that will say what it means and mean what...
...influenza or epidemic meningitis) used to kill 92% to 100% of all cases. But Manhattan's Dr. Hattie Elizabeth Alexander loses only 25% of her patients. Dr. Alexander's lifesaving treatment consists of a special serum and sulfadiazine. Said she last week: "If treatment were always prompt, mortality could be brought near the zero mark...
...Guarantee payment by the Government of not less than 90% of prime contractors' termination claims within 30 days, pending final settlement, and assure prompt payment of subcontractors' claims...