Word: swift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...club, whose members include such bigwigs as Meatpacker Harold Swift, Educator Robert Hutchins, Senator Paul Douglas and Democratic Boss Jake Arvey, put the question in a polite letter to the Trib's Managing Editor J. Loy Maloney. Replied Maloney: "Our readers deserve every scrap of information concerning the principal in a story-whether it be a crime story or a story which is complimentary to the persons mentioned or merely noncommittal on that point. We merely report the facts...
Southern Exposure is one of those little jobs that lay everything on too thick and yet seem pathetically thin. The spoofing is as primitive as the objects of it are genteel; the romance, though it would seem recklessly swift in real life, seems endless on the stage. But the root trouble with the play is its mediocre writing. Satire just as broad and boy-meets-girl stuff just as corny have clicked as popular entertainment by dint of bright and lively lines. Playwright Crump will have to get on with his dialogue if he hopes to make good...
...those who pointed at the swift rise in bank loans as evidence of galloping inflation also overlooked some important facts. Loans had climbed $1.9 billion in 14 weeks to $15.3 billion, but industry had needed big money to step up production. Business loans were still below 1948'$ peak of $15.6 billion, while production had long since passed the 1948 high mark (see chart). Thus loans were considerably lower in relation to the economy's actual output...
...required two-thirds majority has prompted the British to introduce an enabling resolution so ambiguous, and at the same time so mild, that it actually would provide little further justification for MacArthur than the resolutions of the 25th and 27th of June. Thus even the doubtful probability of securing swift action from the U.N. would not overcome the threat of anti-U.S. propaganda...
With Eli wingback Jerry Conway feinting inexperienced linebackers out of position, Stu Tisdale constantly fed Ed Senay on a series of fast-breaking plays over tackle and around end. Before a third period leg injury, the swift Senay ran up 170 yards in 22 attempts, and scored twice for the Blue...