Word: quickers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tires? Go by air! No, said the Government, putting airplane seats under priority quicker than you could say Donald Nelson...
...Saves time, because large hull sections can be welded together in shops, then hauled & hoisted to the ways and welded into a complete hull. In shops welding is quicker than in the ways, since a welder can easily reach difficult spots and never has to weld over his head with molten steel drops raining down on his mask and shoulders. Formerly, a keel was laid in the ways and riveters started at the middle and worked slowly toward each end of the ship, because the plates had to be staggered and overlapped in an intricate patchwork. The 530,000 rivets...
...anti-gun people are a sinistere and selfhish set. Well they know the history of Switzerland. Well they know that a disarmed people are like dehorned and immasculated cattle. There is no quicker or surer way to degrade free men than to disarm them...
Religious freedom in Russia is a very thin "opening wedge" indeed. War is a time of quick and violent change, of surging idealism and consequently unparalleled opportunity, and it is surprising that Mr. Roosevelt has not been quicker to realize this. In spite of the terror and chaos abroad, and in spite of our conviction that the tragedy is for us as well as them, America does stand in a relatively favored position. It is in our power to direct the course of the war and of the final settlement because our strength is so vital to the Allies. Certainly...
Otherwise Mr. Starnes agreed with Captain Armstrong. Except for a momentary blackout when he pulled the ripcord, his mind was sharper and quicker than when his feet were on the ground. Like Dr. Armstrong, he had no "gone" feeling, which one gets when an elevator begins to fall too rapidly. His heartbeat and blood pressure were normal at all times...