Word: sharping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mission's curate later told it, "Mr. Fred Knowles [a church warden] came to me at the Vicarage and asked what they were to sing on the long walk. We discussed one thing and then another and I said I would write a processional. 'You must be sharp about it,' said Mr. Knowles, 'for this is Saturday and there will shortly be no printing done.' So I set to work and knocked off the hymn in about ten minutes...
...Unemployment, at 2,700,000, was holding stable at last year's level. New plants for new markets had already pushed the construction industry to a five-month total of $19.2 billion, 5% more than in record 1956. Private housing, down 17% so far this year, showed a sharp upturn to an annual rate of 990,000 new housing starts in May, leading hard-pressed builders to hope for a 1,000,000-home year in 1957 after all. Detroit's automakers, who so far this year have made 4% more cars and 2% fewer sales than...
...pretty, well-to-do Athol Estes, promptly moved in with her stepfather, and through the efforts of a friend got a job at Austin's First National Bank. All went swimmingly until 1894, when Will was 32 and the father of a five-year-old daughter. Then a sharp-eyed bank examiner dropped in at the First National and found a shortage of $5,557.02 in Will's accounts. Porter fled to Central America, came back when his wife was dying and finally stood trial...
...Sharp-eyed Neal Kromer. manager of the Bogert Builders of the rival Knee-High League, had been impressed by the two youngsters' strong throwing arms and their better-than-.400 batting averages. He offered them free taxi rides to and from every game, flashy jackets and future trips to New York if only they would jump from the Jets and sign with the Builders. Flattered as any bonus baby, the kids agreed...
...place to roll dice on green felt tables and bet on the hushed whirl of the roulette wheel. But no reporter could document the story in depth because the farsighted gamblers had taken the precaution of getting pictures of every newsman in town. When a reporter showed up, sharp-eyed bouncers gave him the thumb...