Word: speedier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soldiers faded a little faster early in World War II, when the Army announced that its traditional four-regiment, two-brigade divisions would give way to streamlined, speedier, three-regiment units. Last week the old soldiers of even the wartime triangular divisions received a shock. Adjusting to atomic strategy and tactics, the Army announced a complete reorganization of 18 active divisions along the lines of its 19th, the "pentomic" 101st Airborne Division...
Opposition is expected from some members of the faculty who feel that it is unfair to those students who cannot type to permit typists to take advantage of their speedier writing. Others feel that a choice of typing or writing is fairer than the present system, which gives an advantage to fast penmen...
...troubled by this latter difficulty, but carries himself well and obscures none of the humor, which is all that counts. The Lord Chancellor, Arthur Waldstein, has an even less prepossessing voice, and occasionally his froggish hops seem uncertain and feeble, but he does manage some of Gilbert's speedier lyrics, all the while conveying a most Chancellorial wizenedness. Perhaps less sure of himself on stage, and thus even more effective (as a shepherd gone M.P.) is John Bernard, a Strephon with a good voice and lively (though mortal) legs...
...cylinder model up to a 270-h.p. V-8 just a notch below the Corvette fuel-injection special. Another engineering change: a new "turbodrive" transmission for cars with the big engine, which combines a triple turbine and variable blades (like Buick's Dynaflow) for speedier getaway and better highway mileage. On bodies, Chevy spent some $50 million for a facelift: a new grille; higher, more sharply swept tail fins; a splashier chrome-and-paint treatment for the side panels. The new cars will cost more. Prices will be from $50 to $166 more per car depending on the model...
...Agriculture Minister. Ranking only thirteenth in the Politburo in 1951, his rise has been spectacular and he is now the youngest of the top Communist leaders. In his premiership speech, Hegedus laid down the new Moscow line for freedom-bordering Hungary: 1) tighter discipline for factory workers, 2) speedier Sovietization of agriculture, 3) mutual-assistance treaties with the Soviet Union and satellites. To back him up, Finance Minister Karoly Olt announced a 15% increase in police and security measures, and increased Hungary's defense budget. Toughness would be the ticket...