Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what had become of "the Third Empire," the one that was to replace India and Burma as a base of Britain's prosperity and power? Only last year, Sir Stafford Cripps had said: "The whole future of the sterling group and its ability to survive depend on a quick and extensive development of our African resources...
...President had not won his audience right away, the pigeons might have given him real competition. As he spoke, pigeons teetered on the balconies, on folds in the draperies, on overhead lights, occasionally launched on a quick flight to a more pigeonly position. Long after the conventioneers had gone home and workers began to clean up for Henry Wallace's Third Party this week, pigeons still perched in the deserted hall...
...late William Temple was Archbishop of Canterbury for only 30 months (he died in October 1944). But he was a lifelong influence in his church-and still is. Last week two of his letters, published for the first time, stirred a quick ripple of speculation...
...Quick Turnover. Though the oil strike had turned the peaceful valley into a raucous wildcatters' camp, Cuyama's settlers (30-odd families) had no complaints. Postmaster Eugene Stutz sold his filling station and 13 acres for $125,000 and half interest in any oil found...
...evening he looks up, summons one cf the city-room waiters and orders a sandwich and glass of milk from the cafeteria. Reporters like the way Garst seeks their judgment on a story's value (Garst: "How much space do you want to give it?"), respect the quick but never superficial reading he gives their copy, admire his calm in a news crisis. Said Star Reporter Meyer Berger last week: "A damn good executive...