Word: habited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heard that the Yankees were off to a fast start in the first game. He turned to his visitor of the day, Adlai Stevenson, and cracked: "It's time for a change." In Missouri, same day, Harry Truman told reporters: "The Yankees are getting to be a habit, and it's time somebody did something about...
...They had outhit the Yankees (.285 to .273) in the regular season. Their sluggers led by Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo, had rolled up 208 homers to the Yankees' 139. True, the Yankee pitching staff was rich in veterans with the habit of winning in the World Series, but in Carl Erskine (20-6), Preacher Roe (11-3) and Billy Loes (14-8) Charley Dressen's Brooklyns had a certified crew of winners, too. Growled old National Leaguer Rogers Hornsby: "If the Dodgers don't beat the Yankees this time, they ought...
...quite evident to visitors. The stranger to Colgate is dazed by the steady stream of "hellos" he receives from men who, as freshmen, greeted everyone under threat of a padding by Konosioni, the senior honor society. What started as a forced mutter from bewildered freshmen grows to a ready habit and finally becomes a matter of pride, until much genuine warmth is in every salutation...
...most notable example of P. & G.'s habit of competing with itself was its introduction of the synthetic detergent. It was. says McElroy, "the first big change in soapmaking in 2,000 years." The company, licensed to work with German patents, brought out its first detergent, Dreft, in 1933. But its use was too specialized (i.e., for fine fabrics and dishes), and not until 1945 was P. & G. able to begin marketing an all-purpose detergent, Tide...
...flair for excitement and wrote the most marvelous stories. Only we couldn't print them-libel, you know." So his career as a reporter was short. When Bernice Freeman gave up the weekly job and began devoting all her time to the Chronicle, George fell into the habit of calling her from time to time "just to say hello." Several days ago, Boles got in touch with Reporter Freeman once again, and this time he had more than a friendly "hello"; last week his message touched off one of the biggest murder stories San Francisco papers have...