Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chief among these problems is the increasing demand on Reynolds to make many quick decisions and statements on student problems. "But decisions affecting undergraduates are entirely the responsibility of the Deans' Office," Bender said...
Somoza no longer had a rival. Within two years he was ready to strike for the top in a revolution that was quick and successful. In 1936 he put a stooge in office, then had himself elected President. Though the Marines had laid down the rule that the Guardia be half Liberal, half Conservative, Tacho kicked out the Conservatives, put his own pals in key spots. In 1939 he got himself elected for eight more years. And he went to Washington...
...make it far more colorful than historical fiction. Once when Roosevelt complained that he never could have peanuts because his secret service would have to check each one, Sherwood and Rosenman slipped out and got him a bagful which he kept under his coat and devoured. His aides were quick to spot the chief's moods and behave accordingly. Sometimes it would be: "God help anybody who asks him for any favors today." Again: "He feels so good he'll be telling Cotton Ed Smith that it's perfectly all right for the South to go ahead...
...Field press lounge raised briefly in the second period when Vern Miller (he weighed 295 after the Yale game in 1941) hoisted himself over the railing and out onto the narrow ledge to retrieve a wandering page of copy. It looked for a minute as if Vern planned a quick trip to the playing field, but he cased his form back over the groaning rail without mishap...
Trailing 12 to 6 at the end of three quarters, the Crimson came to life in the final period with a running and passing attack that netted two quick touchdowns. The entire game was played under an almost constant drizzle...