Word: rapidity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...year 1934 progressed," Mr. Singer writes in a rapid style, only exceeded in speed by his machine-gun-like line of talk, "all the cops in the whole Harvard College had my name on their lips. Here was someone who had avoided them for two years and they were mad. They knew I was walking by them every night...
Calling for a halt to current unrest, confusion, and instability, and declaring the "need of a moratorium on strikes", Dean Donham told the ad men that "there is no chance of avoiding labor rackets and disorganization in face of sudden rapid growth resulting from government support. The labor movement is unready for the vast responsibilities thrust upon...
...drug which most often causes granulopenia in the U. S. is amidopyrine (chemical name: dimethylamrno-phenyl dimethyl pyrazolone). Related drugs which Dr. Kracke also blames are: pyramidon, phenacetine, arsphenamine. neoarsphenamine, amytal compound, allonal, peralga, amidophen. Dinitrophenol causes the rapid oxidization of sugar and fat in the body. This year it killed at least two overeager fat-reducers (TIME, April 30). Dr. Kracke said he feared it would be exploited this winter as a weight reducer...
...Cooper of Cleveland, Ohio; Edward P. Davis, Jr., of St. Paul, Minn.; Albert B. Dearden of Teaneck, N. J.; Neston S. Foley of Somerville, Mass.; Sydney S. Gellis of Clarmont, N. H.; Alan Ginsburg of New Rochelle, N. Y.; Richard M. Goodwin of Newcastle, Ind.; George Gore of Rapid City, S. Dak.; John N. M. Howells of Kittery Point, Me.; Gove G. Johnson, Jr., of Washington, D. C.; Robert Kaplan of Roxbury, Mass.; William H. Kerr of Cambridge Mass. Howard M. Lawn of Long Branch, N. J. Carl H. Levy of Cincinnati, Ohio; Tom Lilley of Bluefield, W. V., Alfred...
...reformed copywriter, for his heart was never in his job ; no reformer either, for he thinks the present "unstable equilibrium" necessitates "the adman's foot on the throttle, speeding up consumption, preaching emulative expenditure, 'styling' clothes, kitchens, automobiles - everything, in the interest of more rapid obsolescence and replacement." In Our Master's Voice he describes advertising's economic and cultural causes and consequences, thinks history will soon or late describe its cure. Adman Rorty came in on advertising's comparatively modest ground floor in 1913, worked at it off and on for 19 years...