Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commonplace occurrence in Galveston's busy harbor. But the ship was momentarily famous. She was the first to be loaded under the provisions of the Economic Cooperation Act. Her appropriately nimble name was the John H. Quick...
Prior to yesterday's move, the 18-girl Council had agreed to restrict temporary political groups in the Yard to a six-month span of activity, in anticipation of a quick November fadeaway...
Brown registered four quick tallies in the sixth when two men were hit by Emmons, and two walks, a hit, and two Crimson errors followed. The losers came up with two double plays themselves to subdue Brown scoring threats in the fifth and seventh innings...
Universal military training was not included in the bill. U.M.T. appeared to be dead. Many Congressmen had become convinced that U.M.T. is a good way to build up military strength in "normal peacetime," but that in a crisis selective service is the only quick way to get a larger Army. They preferred to spend the money on an expanded Air Force, and raise it from 55 to 70 groups...
...Quick Confirmation. Meanwhile, up on Capitol Hill, Senator Arthur Vandenberg brought Hoffman's appointment before the Senate for confirmation. Said Vandenberg: during the months of discussion, the man most frequently mentioned for the job had been 56-year-old Paul Hoffman. Hoffman, said Vandenberg, "was found to be the common denominator of the thought of the nation." Hoffman was also well aware of the need to cooperate with Congress, Van added reassuringly. The Senate confirmed him unanimously, in 10 minutes...