Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...faults were grave and they were faults of both mood and tense. In his childhood, he had suffered an incurable injury to his back which doubtless accounted for much of his irascibility. On the other hand, he was often tactless to a degree, pompous in his bearing, quick to give and take offense and often almost boorish in his treatment of inferiors. His passion was imperialism and no toe, no matter to whom it belonged, escaped his heel if its owner got in the way of his policy. Few men were a match for him in withering invective; none surpassed...
Then, the quick frenzy finished, stiffening herself...
...long-drawn-out debate about the immediate future of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. (TIME, Mar. 23) came to a quick and decisive end last week when the line was suddenly placed in a receivership...
...boxing. But not so much so. A quick little man can keep away from a big man, can tire him out. But if the big man hits him bang! it is all stopped...
...Fencers can come any size, any strength. But big, strong men with cauliflower ears and battered noses don't fence. If you are quick, you can fence. If you have the intelligence, you can become what you will. The slow man not too slow, who uses his intelligence, he is a very dangerous man. He will parry, he niposte until he tires...