Word: swift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...race is not always to the swift, neither is the hockey game to the team with the most hustle. Which is why Harvard beat Dartmouth, 5 to 4, at the Arena last night...
...home, the Administration moved with swift precision to reverse the political and economic philosophies of 20 years. Budget Director Joseph Dodge put a lid on new hiring and set each major department to work on a downward revision of costs-with a deadline of March 2 for action. And Eisenhower himself began the job of cutting away controls from the U.S. economy, confident that in a free economy the U.S. would find the source of more vigor, strength and energy for the cold...
...money. He has also put his psychology into reverse: instead of trying to behave like a normal human being, he now struggles to become a normal dog. French and English reviewers of this blunt and ferocious book have likened 32-year-old Author Dutourd to Voltaire and Jonathan Swift, and have sifted out various interpretations of the Dutourd message. Dutourd himself is no great help: "I am not trying to prove anything," he says- "merely to tell a story...
...Omaha, a local drama critic gave Katharine Cornell the privilege of reviewing her own opening performance of The Constant Wife. Sample of the Cornell review: "I am afraid we were a little too swift tonight . . . But really, I do think we were all better than we were in Sioux City ... If I were to grade tonight's performance, I'd give it a B-plus...
...Chairman Thomas E. Wilson: "I suppose if a 66-year-old man thinks he is old, that's his opinion. Personally, I think it is much too young to retire." Snorted 86-year-old Real Estate Man John E. Scully: "Better wear out than rust out!" But Swift & Co.'s 68-year-old Chairman Harold Swift agreed with Ryerson: "The only reason I am remaining in the business is because I am the last of six sons of my father. I am still heading the company because the employees want me to." Snapped Zenith Radio's tough...