Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chop was as bad as the crews have rowed in this year. As the two boats drew near the finish by the Union Boat Club, the Jayvee stroke, A. H. Parker '32 raised the beat, which he had kept lower than Cassedy's all the way. In the next instant Cassedy sent the stroke up for a final spurt, which shot the "championship" eight of last year across the line 2-5 of a second ahead of their rivals. The time clocked by Coach Charles Whiteside was 9 minutes, 23 seconds, which was considered fair considering the exceptionally bad water...
...Premier's rooms Father John Pippy took command, arranged a back-door escape for the Premier after whispering among mobsmen in that quarter. Out front, Newfoundlanders were dancing on the Government's piano, dancing it to smithereens and pocketing piano keys "as souvenirs." For an escape the instant seemed propitious to Father Pippy and to potent John Power, a burly fisherman who had agreed to help...
...with tear gas bombs and high pressure hoses. On to the factory gate pressed the mob. There it was met by two volleys of high-aimed pistol fire, forced back. As the crowd reformed, Ford's Service Chief Harry H. Bennett drove into its midst. In an instant his car was toppled over. Someone cried: "Save him!" The police fired point blank into the crowd. Twenty men fell, the rest scattered. Fifty lay injured on the skirmish field, including Bennett and many policemen. Four rioters were dead...
Every move by the Mirror is carefully considered lest it give Winchell the supreme satisfaction of breaking his contract. The instant that should occur Winchell would skip three blocks downtown to Joseph Medill Patterson's big little Daily News (completing his ascension of the scale of Manhattan tabloids). According to Newsdom, weekly of unemployed newspapermen, the News offered Winchell $1,000 a week for a Sunday colyum alone...
Last year TIME made its large-scale radio debut on Columbia Broadcasting System with a program every Friday evening, called "The March of Time," a half-hour's re-enactment of significant news stories of the week. The feature won instant popularity with a smaller audience than "The Goldbergs" and was often called "the only intelligent broadcast on the air." Last week it was announced that "The March of Time," having completed its pre-arranged schedule of presentations, would be discontinued, at least temporarily. Listeners were invited to write letters stating whether or not they desired "The March...