Word: swift
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that he was asking the party to wreck itself; perhaps it would be better all around if he withdrew the bill. The rail strike was over; the coal strike was close to settlement. Harry Truman was no longer hopping mad; he thought hard about the political implications of his swift decision five days before. He would consider withdrawing the measure, but he gave no promise...
...reason for the complexity lies in the empire's swift, turbulent, helter-skelter growth. Founder Lever (Cofounder and brother James Darcy Lever reared early) couldn't resist buying up plants, setting up subsidiaries wherever he went (he circled the earth five times...
Robert W. Swift...
...Oedipus, Laurence Olivier was extremely fine. He was first kingly and high-mettled, of unshakable purpose and swift anger. Then, twisting and turning between confidence and fear, he became both less and larger, a tragic figure of an early world, uttering at the climax two primitive animal howls that no one who heard them will ever forget...
...conflicting headlines like these from the news of recent months that reflect the problems of the U.S. press in presenting the news clearly and accurately. Daily journalism often has to sacrifice clarity and accuracy for swift reporting (newspapers have to go to press before some of the stories they carry have finished happening). TIME gets a better break: we have up to seven days in which to verify the news before we print it. As the news goes these days, that is none too much...