Word: swifter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Calculated or Unwarranted? Among Baruch's recommendations for a safer, swifter mobilization...
...weakness of Idler's production must be blamed largely on the director, who gambled on surmounting the thinness of the material by turning the play into a farce. He seems to have convinced the actors that the tongue is swifter than the ear, so that by misdirecting the audience with frenzied gestures, meanwhile speeding through lines, they might hide the fact that the dialogue makes no pretense at being funny. The women, including Barbara Poses, Patricia Rosenwald, and Marilyn Welch succeed better than the men, but it's hard to fool a whole audience for three acts...
...Printed in Tokyo for swifter delivery to Far East readers, but identical in editorial content with the U.S. edition...
...Volkswagen's appearance was the latest example of a new business phenomenon: the growing revival of export trade in both Germany and Japan. Two weeks ago, the South African government ordered 100 steam locomotives from Krupp of Essen, who offered a lower bid and swifter delivery than any one of a score of U.S., British and other competing firms. Rosenthal china and Leica cameras are once again in the world's markets. A British toy manufacturer complained that the Germans are undercutting his prices on teddy bears and white rabbits in Cyprus, offering stiff competition in Canada...