Word: quickers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Connally was an early devotee of Virginia's Woodrow Wilson. He was for the League of Nations and World Court from the start. He was a Big Navy man throughout the '30s. Though he hoped the U.S. could keep out when War II began, he caught on quicker than most, was in the forefront, of the fight for Neutrality Act repeal, Lend-Lease, Selective Service...
...Chicago policeman. He spent his childhood selling papers on the city's streets. Second, his feuding with the Big City's Kelly is temporarily suspended. The new spirit of sweet harmony among Illinois Democrats was keynoted when Tom Courtney announced his candidacy: "Surely there is no quicker or better way of winning the war than by upholding the hands of our President, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
...marine gunner's remark to your Mr. Sherrod was just simple truth. In these days you can't pick a better way. The quicker we all realize it the better for our country...
...burning Berlin, of the advancing Red Army, of U.S. advance in the Pacific, there is much to be read and sensed at home: signs and portents, growing tension, expectancy, an air of great events to come. In the streets, in offices, in pubs, the pace is quicker. Uniforms of all nations throng London streets. Young, tough, confident boys are on leave; a great many of them are Americans whose shoulder patches show that they have but one destination...
...good clean fun, there was an atmosphere of festive gaiety enjoyed by all in attendance. The company's talent been to be uncovered. Much more is expected for our next, now that the ice is broke (Ogden Nash's advice on ice breaking "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker...