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...Britain or the U.S., but lower than that of most Asiatic countries. By nature, the Japanese are very active breeders, and compared with the number of chances given annually for conception, their actual conception rate is probably low. I believe that if the Japanese dropped the hot bath habit their birth rate would be higher still...
...President still seemed a little startled at the furor he caused on personal expeditions in the capital. Last week, when he hustled out to open his safety deposit box at a Washington bank, he virtually tied up noon-hour traffic in the street outside. But his informality, his habit of early rising had begun to seem natural. So did the folksy atmosphere which visitors imparted to White House anterooms. Newsmen now rated callers as OFs (Old Friends) and PRs (Payers of Respects...
Both the Boston Pops and the Harvard Glee Club appear to achieve success through habit. What would seem startling to most American communities, the business of listening to music flippantly rather than in the solemnity of Art or of conspicuous leisure, is now an accepted part of Boston-in-the-spring. And the Harvard Glee Club has now reached practical perfection in the repertoire developed since last fall...
...explain the Dodgers' second-place splurge. They had been doped to waddle along in seventh place, or worse. But Manager Leo Durocher's pre-season prediction that he would uncork some useful pitchers had come true. The hitters, led by Puerto Rican Luis Olmo had made a habit of coming through in the clutch. These tangible assets, and the old Flatbush urge to die for dear old Durocher. had enabled the Dodgers to win eleven straight for a season record...
...Rizzitello collected his mustering-out pay, turned in all his gear except one complete uniform. Finally he stood before a colonel who handed him a paper, shook his hand, said: "Good luck, Rizzitello." Mr. Rizzitello blinked, said "Thank you, sir," out of long habit, made a snappy salute and went home to his bride, a suit of civvies, and his plans to "get into the chicken business...