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...Custom of the Country. In Trenton, N.J., the State Civil Service Commission ruled that officers of New Jersey State Hospital had been unnecessarily severe in dismissing Stationary Fireman Paul Bauerle for stealing, when actually he was only helping himself occasionally to snacks from the hospital icebox...
...clubby congressional custom, this meant the advice and consent of the Senator whose home state is involved. Typical was the case of M. Neil Andrews, nominated for a judgeship in Georgia's Northern District. Georgia's Senator Richard Russell complained that he had submitted a nominee of his own and been ignored. "Personally obnoxious and objectionable to me," said Russell, using a ritualistic phrase. The corroborating chorus of noes was deafening...
...only Spanish custom but municipal law prescribes the wearing of shirts, collars (preferably starched), neckties *and jackets on the streets of Madrid, regardless of the weather. Last week, as Madrid sweltered under a 98° heat, a new criminal stalked the city's streets, and a new word crept into the Spanish vocabulary to describe...
...battered slums of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn are full of transplanted memories. Ever since the end of World War II, refugees from European concentration camps have been filtering in, bringing the dress, customs and fears of the Old World's Orthodox Jews. Synagogues stand on almost every corner; the streets are full of men with long beards and skullcaps; store signs are written in Hebrew, and their clerks speak Yiddish. Wig salons thrive-many women shave their heads, according to Orthodox custom...
...these were the outflankers; the main body of the tourist army was applying itself assiduously to seeing America first, hitting the highways in the cool of the morning and getting into the best cabin courts by midafternoon. Thousands of Westerners and Southwesterners were reinstituting an old prewar custom-going to Detroit to pick up a new car and using the savings in freight charges to finance their trip. Almost every automobile company was cooperating enthusiastically; some not only guaranteed prompt delivery, but free showers, free food and free beds to those waiting for cars...