Word: quickly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fateful disagreement over the postwar swag. Stalin demanded bases on the Dardanelles and staked his claim on the Persian Gulf area as "the center of the aspirations of the Soviet Union." Hitler balked. The next month he issued his directive for "Operation Barbarossa": "to crush Soviet Russia in a quick campaign...
...emphasis in practice during the past week has been laid on quick starting. In addition to this, the speedy formation of a well-organized forward line, as soon as the puck is secured, was stressed. With this sort of practice behind them, and with the experience gained in the Toronto and Princeton contests, the Crimson sextet is well-prepared to face the Elis...
...present sextet is poisoned by the same disease. High-speed schuss artists prove nothing but diletantes in cross-country, slalom, and jumping competition, cancelling their occasional heights of prowess with quick demises in less practised events. The sun has yet to rise on a Crimson sextet which can boast more than two hustling hickories in each event...
...Secretary John Snyder, usually mild and conciliatory in his dealings with Congressmen, belligerently denounced the Knutson bill as inflationary, deficit-producing and, in short, "a major threat to the nation's financial integrity." Chairman Knutson reacted by subjecting his witness to a day-Jong badgering. Other Republicans were quick to realize that John Snyder was broadening a hint already made by the President: the Knutson bill, as it stood, would be vetoed. Good & scared, they began to talk of bringing the tax slash down to around $4 billion. At week's end, tax-wise Muley Doughton conceded that...
...Quick rebuttal came from the Swiss in reply to a Chicago dispatch saying that the U. S. Olympic Committee had voted 66 to 6 to withdraw all American entries from the Games if the AHA team was allowed to compete...