Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nagas live in an area of about 4,000 sq. mi. They live a communal existence, share food and work (although males usually retire at the age of eight and thereafter devote themselves to mastering and using the spear, crossbow and dah, a wicked knife). They are capable though casual farmers. Some raise pigs for trade, but for eating they prefer the dog, which is bred for the Naga table...
...resistant Neoprene). Thus only 5,000,000 new civilian tires (plus 7,000,000 still stockpiled) are in sight this year, only 30,000,000 new tires next year to keep 25,000,000 U.S. automobiles rolling. That many, said Jeffers, is "a military necessity." Clearly the casual driver is still out in the cold and the essential driver must drive carefully and sparingly...
Most of the early planes carried only their crews and their own spare parts. Soon they were carrying U.S. mail pouches. Then an occasional military passenger hooked a ride. From these casual beginnings came the Army's international air transport. It was not until after Pearl Harbor that men and supplies were regularly carried by air. It was done then because it had to be done...
Shigemitsu aged, became sallow and bitter. He met one-legged U.S. Author Ellery Walter, who had mastered the use of his artificial leg so perfectly that casual observers never suspected he had it. Shigemitsu took an envious liking to Walter, learned from him how to use a wooden...
Meanwhile, Perry revealed, the surrending of ration books to the College has been progressing. A casual checkup on one of the House dining halls last week revealed that from 75 to 80 per cent of the books have already been turned in, with the remainder coming in slowly...