Word: rapidness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...editors of the three boards who are trying to get candidates believe that this year will be particularly interesting for men on the paper, editorially because of the rapid changes of front on the political scene, photographically because of the trend in the direction of unposed likenesses, and from the business angle because of a continued growing desire on the part of advertisers to do business...
Modern specialists in plant diseases would recognize these ominous signs as symptoms of Phytophthora infestans, a species of fungus with rapid germinating properties and extremely virulent effects. To the half-savage, wholly uneducated peasantry, it was known simply as "the Blight," and regarded as a hellish, heaven-sent scourge. Holy-water and incantation were the only remedies invoked against it. Its onset marked the beginning of perhaps the most bitter famine in post-medieval European history...
Freshman soccer shows its rapid gain in popularity by the large number that reported yesterday. Over 65 were on hand for the first preliminary practice...
When the seals came into the circle of light the fish were thoroughly frightened, and quickly gained speed and surfaced. As soon as the wings cleared ever so slightly they were flapped in flight-the motion being so rapid as to constitute practically a blur of movement, like the wings of humming birds...
...been completed. This is partly because roads have felt they should delay reorganization until earnings improved, partly because warring groups of security holders have been unable to agree on terms. Lately the situation has become more complicated as railroad earnings, after sharp improvements, have fallen off because of rapid rises in operating costs...