Word: quickness
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Quick with friendly interest in Publisher Nast's plight were not only Vogue's readers, but other publishers, who eyed each other suspiciously to see who had been treating a brother so. The files of public prints were examined. Publisher Nast's lawyers were interrogated. And then the other publishers had to applaud Publisher Nast...
...frog blinked at the clicking cameras, at the judges in the motorcar before him. Giving a terrific lunge he flew through the air, came down with a plop. Alert officials were quick to measure the distance, record it. Then the second frog was loosed upon the street...
Next came the vote on flexibility. Result: 42-to-42. Amid an awful hush Vice President Curtis broke the tie, cast his vote against non-flexibility. The Tariff Bill went back to conference with the House where a quick agreement was anticipated...
...barked the robber chieftain at last. "Get back into your car. Tell your chauffeur to drive to Bucharest without stopping, quick...
...Cheap quick lunch emporium, usually greasy and smelly; frequently called a "greasy spoon...