Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alarm," said Leroux to his sergeant, "the experienced police officer allows himself the luxury of noticing more important things, which may deepen his knowledge of the country. For instance," and Leroux's arm swung this way & that, pointing, "the little men who are not the little husbands coming quickly from the little houses, and that blonde number from the bar hurrying from behind the hedge. But quick! We have practically not a moment to lose...
...Quick, Papa, get the children out of the living room. The President is going to speak...
...Lisbon's small and elegant Hotel Aviz, where most globe-trotters halt for a quick refresher, one wall is covered with the exploits of Diaz, Da Gama, Magellan and other great Portuguese explorers. On the opposite wall, a plaque pays tribute to the foremost explorer of the modern world of the air-Juan Terry Trippe. The plaque commemorates the rediscovery of the old world by the new: the first passenger flight of Trippe and his Pan American Airways Dixie Clipper from the U.S. to Lisbon on June...
...crews hacked out airports, strung together radio and weather networks. The better to feed his mushrooming lines, he formed a brood of subsidiaries and affiliates, of which he still has 18; the biggest are Pan American-Grace Airways and Panair do Brasil.** Whenever competitors tried to horn in, quick-thinking, quick-moving Juan Trippe managed to outfly them, outflank them or simply outlast them...
...Horse. The day after Pearl Harbor, this air service became a prime military asset to the U.S. as a means of quick transport across the oceans. On the routes which Trippe had first plotted with a piece of string on the globe in his office, the armed forces built their huge transport service. Drafted by the Army & Navy as a contract carrier, Pan Am ferried high brass, spies, planes and war materials into Africa, Europe and Asia, and built 53 airports. Its payroll swelled from 4)395 to 88,000 and its Lisbon base for a time was the only...