Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worked hard for it, but admitted that he neglected to notice when the loan was made that the real-estate firm had more liabilities than assets. Informed that the shaky company has stopped building houses on the property, and the Teamsters are foreclosing their loan, John McClellan did rapid arithmetic, reckoned the welfare fund was out $700,000. Seemingly unconcerned, George Fitzgerald rosily predicted the land would make a handsome profit, despite the fact that the State Health Department refuses to approve its water facilities. The hearing over, he climbed from the witness chair to prepare for a return appearance...
...dismal public relations is not the only problem which the growing agency must face. Rapid expansion in its first year brought its own difficulties. "Our first year was valuable as far as development goes, but we must consolidate our gains," Elliott notes. The expansion continues unabated; Burke expects that the stadium concessions, the new weekly calendar, and the student sampler will employ up to 140 at one time. Last year's total business amounted to nearly $30,000 for 125 students, while the new concessions may boost this total...
...been the case in the past few seasons, depth will probably decide the Crimson's future. The varsity appears to be very strong at the starting positions; but below this the picture clouds up quickly, and here coach John Yovicsin will have to hope for the rapid development of some fairly untried talent, especially in the line, where seems to lie the fate of the 1958 varsity eleven...
...display last week, Avery's sudden end-of-the-summer spurt made a glowing show. Hot Moon hung in the August sky like a ball of orange light that cast an orange sheen over the magenta sea; Sail shows a ghostly boat slipping silently through a sea of rapid blue and white strokes. "When people ask me how long it took," Avery explained. "I say 30 years. That's how long the preparation took...
More second-quarter-earnings reports last week indicated where business recovery is rapid and where it is slow. It is rapid in some aircraft companies, in machinery makers, rubber and steel. It is slow in base metals and oils, which still suffer from low prices and excess capacity. Both Anaconda Co. and Kennecott Copper Corp., the country's two biggest copper producers, failed to cover their dividends; Kennecott chopped its quarterly payment from...