Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wonder if the U.S. Government has looked into the tremendous possibilities for the use of the trading stamp idea in various of its financial operations. I am thinking, for example, of trading stamps as possible instruments for: inducing prompt payment of taxes, stepping up the sale of U.S. goods abroad, bringing about full payment of Government loans here and abroad, increasing the sale of Government bonds to finance the stockpiling of premiums...
...light of the prompt Russian retreat, one can only surmise that Khrushchev deliberately created the crisis in order to test American determination, and that having satisfied himself of its firmness, he quickly backed down...
...this situation prompt unilateral action was called for and taken, but the last thing we need is to congratulate ourselves on the outcome. The real lesson of the Cuban crisis is that a short-sighted and bungling diplomacy will inevitably drive us into a position where diplomacy is impossible, and where our peace and security rest on a naked test of will. We have come through one crisis without war; future Cubas may not end so propitiously...
...passionate parable in favor of rural electrification. The Voices of Glory. which should have been a great book, suffers irreparably from too villainous villains, too pure heroes, and a heroine who, if she were to carry that serum through one more mile of waist-deep snow, would surely prompt the reader to burn all his Christmas seals...
...Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) handled the repealer in the Senate last Thursday, tacking on the amendment while the Senate was rushing through a series of minor bills. The Senate gave speedy approval to the amendment. House approval was equally prompt on Tuesday...