Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...swift decline in stock prices has tended to distract public attention from the more gradual but continuous fall in the prices of commodities...
...comparative steadiness of prices after the unexpected death of President Harding has been all the more remarkable for coming in the midst of an obviously " bear" stock market. This lack of excitement in the financial district over the dangers possible in so swift a succession in the Presidential chair can be mainly attributed to a strong feeling of confidence in President Coolidge, increased by his wise announcement that the late President Harding's policies and Cabinet would not be changed. The only uneasiness which the painful event created in business circles was in connection with the Republican nomination...
...stocky man, and a bluff man, William McFee, with a seaman's sense of humor and a book-lover's wisdom. He does not bemoan the vanished days of sailing vessels. His romances are those of the swift modern ships, of merchantman and transport. As an essayist and critic he is almost as well known as for his novels. His opinions of books are often violent; but usually well founded...
...Londoners' challenge there is no mention of the comparative velocities of London and New York cab horses. The only possible explanation of this omission is that the London cab horse is so glaringly inferior that no amount of effrontery could put him in a class with those swift American ponies which coast along the curbing of Fifth Avenue...
...matter of lobs Whitbeck was by far the superior, since he was able to land most of his high shots just inside the back-tape with unerring regularity. The larger total of unexpected returns and swift placements, however, went to Watson. The latter at all times proved somewhat the more uneven of the two, although this slight discrepancy could doubtless be attributed to the unusual steadiness which was the outstanding characteristic of Whitbeck's game...