Word: habits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...allowing the Chinese to take possession of Lhasa [the capital of Tibet], the Prime Minister has practically helped them bring their border down to the Indian border . . . Aggression might well be committed by people who are always in the habit of committing aggression...
...young womanhood she spent much time riding horses on her father's ranches. It was her habit to arise at 2 p.m., have breakfast and stay up until dawn of the next day. When she became interested in a young hotel clerk, Edwin Clyde Northen, her father advised him to get into the insurance business and, after they were married, helped him. They had no children, and in recent years Mrs. Northen spent most of the time with her father. Her husband died...
When the chips were down, four nations sided with the German Chancellor against the French Premier. Here was dramatic evidence of a reluctant shift that has already begun-a shift in the values assigned by habit, prejudice and affection to the various members of the coalition...
...from a flashy, holler-and-hell-raising club, the Indians have been concentrating on the happy habit of hitting the long ball at the right time. "We get 'em when we need 'em," says General Manager Hank Greenberg. "We're a worrisome ball club to the opposition." Not only have the Indians been worrying their closest competitors ; they have been regularly knocking over the league's Humpty Dumpties. As the week began, after a three-game series with the unsinging Orioles of Balti more, they were 5½ games in front...
...about the happiest thing that has happened in St. Louis all season is that Moon has made the grade. He is filling in for Slaughter so well that the fans have almost forgiven the Cardinal management for selling old Enos to the Yankees. Unless he suddenly picks up the habit of catching fly balls on his head, Wallace Wade Moon is a sure bet to be selected National League Rookie of the Year...