Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...horse trolleys and self-made men. Son of a Scots blacksmith and an Irish lass, he peddled papers, passed up Dartmouth in favor of reporting local news, and later bought the paper. Politics came naturally in that era, and Joe Martin was a natural. Stubby and combative, as quick with an infectious grin as with a roundhouse right, little Joe's big break came in 1925, when he entered the U.S. House of Representatives after the man who had beaten him in the primary died before the general election...
Cooke, a conservative in theology, declares himself a progressive in secular matters. At his first press conference last week, he seemed to back quick implementation of the presidential riot commission's report. Most questions he fielded nimbly: reminded of Spellman's call for "victory" in Viet Nam, Cooke replied: "I think what the Cardinal meant by victory was a quick peace." Chances are the new archbishop will become a cardinal at the next consistory, which will probably make him the second youngest member of the present Sacred College (Alfred Cardinal Bengsch of Berlin is five months younger...
...covered in red felt is for ladies), barber chairs and church pews for the onlookers and oldtime coin machines to play while waiting. The men's-room graffiti are considered so choice that occasionally the waiters cordon the room off, let the girls dash in for a quick peek...
...Quick Way. The value of the dollar, as the key currency of international trade and investment, is pegged to that of gold. But most non-Communist currencies are measured against the value of the dollar. Thus any change in the dollar price for bullion would upset the value of every other currency, risking global monetary chaos. Still, if the U.S. fails to stanch its decade-long balance of payments hemorrhage, sooner or later it will own too little gold to defend the $35-an-oz. price...
...hard time rustling funds to start The New Yorker. Though he dealt with the best humorists of his time, he was no phrasemaker. This was about his speed: he once asked Alexander Woollcott to describe him, and Woollcott immediately replied: "Timid." Ross's reply was quick and typical: "You sneaky son of a bitch, you've been in touch with my mother...