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...usual schedules working week is 40 hours. However, many cities in the vicinity of New York City have 37 1/2 hour bank weeks and some require even less work. On the other hand, this work is often irregular, especially in small banks. On some days there may be overtime work until well pat the accepted bankers' bedtime; other days may demand only six hours in the way of duty...
...home, the bishops found that the most serious problems of U.S. Christianity were faint hearts and secularized spirits. "One of the chief difficulties the church must face everywhere is nominal church membership. This is reflected in irregular church attendance, in infrequent communions, in perfunctory giving and in worldly living. Nearly one-half the people of the U.S. do not have so much as a nominal relationship to any religious body . . . We have become anxious and worried, the victims of our fears-our fear of war, of military service, of insecurity and of Communism...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt, quotes his own diary to reflect F.D.R.'s bitter-sweet reaction to a bouncing visitor during World War II: "May 27, 1943: Churchill has concluded a fortnight's visit ... It must be a relief to the Boss, for Churchill is a trying guest sometimes-irregular routine -works nights-sleeps days-turns the clock upside down...
...diplomat. She could speak gently of her own engagement (to James Hanson, a wealthy young British businessman), which had been broken off after Roman Holiday was finished. She could still charmingly squelch the brash reporter who tried to pry deeper. She could speak with disarming gaiety of her pleasingly irregular teeth and still not deny her obvious beauty. To the agonized gentlemen of the West Coast, whose business it often is to turn hatcheck girls into great ladies overnight with publicity gimmicks, Audrey's artless publicity technique was a revelation-just as her camera technique had been...
...surprise, the friend had already heard about Robert Peters. Back in 1948, Peters had been employed as a publicity secretary in the office of Bishop Austin Pardue, but his behavior became so erratic that he had to be fired. That, however, was not all that was a bit irregular about the man. It might be wise, said the friend, for Dean Taeusch to look into the matter further...