Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...aboard. Then the city's Democratic politicians heard about the ride. They remembered that Section 1106 of the City Charter forbids city employees to accept "any valuable gift" in the form of a "service, loan, thing or promise" from anyone doing business with the city. And they were quick to point out that Bristol-Myers had sold New York $859,000 worth of drugs last year. Before long there were editorials in the papers and demands for a Board of Ethics investigation-which is just what John Lindsay does not need with election day approaching...
...easy enough for adults to reject the irrationality and hedonism of this ethic. But the young are quick to point out that the most rational and technically accomplished society known to man has led only to racism, repression and a meaningless war in the jungles of Southeast Asia. If that is oversimplification, it is the kind around which ringing slogans are made...
...quick to criticize, from the safety of the Senate, the tactics of our generals at Hamburger Hill. At that time, he knew everything about saving lives. Unfortunately, he wasn't that quick-witted on the night of the accident. If he had any real greatness about him, he would have resigned without hesitation...
...many years, U.S. Trust had a staid image because its investments rose less rapidly than those of small mutual funds, whose young managers hopped from fad to fad, making quick gains on chicken franchises or computer-leasing companies. These smaller investment funds, which rose rapidly in the highly speculative markets of 1967 and 1968, have fallen sharply in the recent market slide. This year, U.S. Trust has done much better than most of the newer, smaller investment institutions. It has-as it usually does-outperformed the market averages by about...
...business after World War II with a 210-ton fishing boat, built in 1895, that he converted into a freighter. By 1957, he owned five small ships and was able to buy a U.S. Liberty. He had the idea of paying bonuses to his crew for fast loading and quick turnarounds. "I knew how to get the most out of a ship," he says. By the end of this year, the Papalios fleet will number 39 vessels...