Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said he had asked "very urgently, very earnestly" for a quick meeting with the committee "to confront them, to confront the allegations head-on, face-to-face...
...Yeah, whenever someone called, they'd fade out in a minute and we'd have to say `Hurry up! Quick, tell us where you are!'" adds Bell. "Obviously, we needed a new phone. So someone subscribed to Time Magazine and got a free phone. It works much better...
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea), who has flatly rejected the Dukakis proposal, was quick to deny the Republican charge yesterday that his committee's spending proposals were setting the stage for a long-term tax hike...
...blame. Instead of being consumer-minded, many people are parasites. They expect to be given good food, good roads and good education, but they don't want to push for anything themselves. This is a revolution, and no one will do your revolution for you." Bidding a quick goodbye, Shinkaretsky is off again, this time to visit one of the city's vegetable depots. Film...
...tanker to an unqualified third mate. The mate shouts contradictory orders to the helmsman and eventually impales the vessel on a reef, causing millions of gallons of oil to gush from the mangled hull. Companies that boasted they had the equipment and manpower in place for a quick cleanup turn out to have hardly anything available and lose irreplaceable days getting into action. Then, almost predictably, the calm weather gives way to high winds that render their efforts ineffective...