Word: quickers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...physiology and biology this quicker, more ample response to meats than to breads seems to confirm the popular belief that man is fundamentally more carnivorous than herbivorous. In gastronomy, the Philadelphia revelations indicate that for appetizers, hors d'oeuvre, antipasto, Zuspeise or a "chaw" of preserved beef might well be substituted for cocktails...
...House of Morgan had its Louis XIV. Perhaps prosaic Americans never quite realized that in gigantic, predatory J. P. Morgan I they had an authentic Emperor of Railways and Commerce, a sovereign whose technically free serfs were trainmen, and who levied legal tribute on the public. Italians, quicker to perceive such romantic truths, commonly referred to Morgan in his latter years as Il Magnifico. The numberless art treasures which he carried off from Italy-by no better right than his irresistible power to pay any price-doubtless clinched the Italian conviction that he was indeed Il Magnifico...
...methods of discovering the bacilli in sputum. One was to stain a smear with dyes and search for the germs with a microscope. That was crude and inaccurate. The other was to inject suspected sputum into guinea pigs, creatures unusually susceptible to tuberculosis. That was slow and expensive. A quicker, surer method of diagnosis was needed...
...thing happened quickly. Thomason of Georgia Tech fumbled on his 25-yard line and Riegels picked up the ball, collided with someone, spun around, and began to run toward his own goalline. No one ran after him except photographers who, quicker than Riegels' teammates, saw their chance not to prevent but to immortalize a tragic event (see cut). At last. Lorn started after Riegels but he did not catch the lumbering centre until they reached the four-yard line. He tried to tell Riegels what had happened but though he shouted the words into his ear, Riegels could...
...natural financial embarrassment for the Committee and requiring inroads into the class funds. From the social point of view, likewise, the third year dance has tended to prove itself a white elephant, owing to the waning social homogeneity of a class, especially after its initial year. In short, the quicker it is recognized that the class promenade, a by-product of rampant collegiatism, is destined not to flourish at Harvard the better...