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Word: quicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almost any Rickover whim, it appears, was the contractor's command. When Rickover, who wore cheap metal tie clasps, saw one that he liked better on the tie of a General Dynamics employee-even when it was gold-he simply reached over and made a quick trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overrun Silent, Overrun Deep | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...getting anything at all." Promised the President: "I'll get on it right away." Two Social Security officials appeared at Schroeder's bedside the next day and handed him a check for five months' back payments. Said Schroeder, evidently pleased by the quick service: "They're right on the ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sudden Setback | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...right, Beckett et al would be well advised to note that even if the playwright's name is still be revered among the true believers, his work is not so timeless that it could not benefit from a quick boost by those who'd like to see Samuel Beckett become more than a Cold War artifact...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: A Beleaguered Beckett? | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

...largest Briggs Athletics Center of the year Saturday night witnessed the Harvard men's basketball team's finest performance of the still young season, which is quick becoming one of the squad's finest campaigns ever...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cagers Outhustle Manhattan, 56-51 | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

Last year's Ivy League Player of the year added six quick points as Harvard responded with eight consecutive points...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cagers Outhustle Manhattan, 56-51 | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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