Word: briskly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...marijuana is the amount that can be cupped in both hands without spilling any. Sacramento sheriff's deputies judge an ounce by how much will fit into a plastic sandwich bag, a traditional dope-sellers' measure. Many marijuana users are taking no chances. "Head shops" report brisk sales 'of the pocket scales ($1.50 retail) to users who want to weigh in just below the one-ounce limit...
While the industry is promoting furs as a bargain and stressing the fact that its prices have risen less sharply than other luxury goods, sales have also been brisk among such top-of-the-line items as $10,000 chinchillas and $25,000 sables. Says Jerome McCarthy, owner of Chicago's tony Thomas E. McElroy Co.: "For a while [the rich] weren't showing their wealth, but now they're indulging themselves." So, too, is the credit-card set, which today includes an ever growing number of liberated women earning their own incomes. As one Manhattan...
...Taking the subway into Boston after 12:30 a.m. (This almost invariably leads to a long, brisk walk home with many looks over the shoulder--great for the legs and neck...
Flying the balloon proved more difficult than building it. Once released on its maiden flight, Condor climbed quickly, reaching an altitude of 600 ft. in 30 seconds. Then, buffeted by brisk winds, it fell back to earth and hit with a thud that bounced the two pilots out of their gondola. Free of both pilots and ballast, Condor lifted off again, rose to 1,200 ft., flew about 2% miles in 18 minutes, and then landed gently on the plain...
Soon after Pratte became chairman, he forced out Air Canada's "Scottish Mafia"-the key executives who had developed the company's profitable foreign routes (to the U.S., West Europe, Japan and Hong Kong) and ran the line with brisk proficiency. To take their places, Pratte appointed people with political connections but little airline experience. Results: Air Canada's flights, once renowned for their crisp punctuality, were constantly delayed, and ground crews regularly managed to lose luggage-including, on two occasions, Pratte's own bags...