Word: normally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain's difficulties in returning to normal economic intercourse are of direct concern to us.... If the loan is approved, we can look ahead ... to a general reduction of tariffs ... a loosening of the grip of cartels and combines on world commerce...
...paid in full. It would take ten days for steel production to get really started, perhaps ten more days to reach full operation. Ford Motor Co., where 40,000 workers were out for lack of steel, would take at least two weeks to get back to normal production level. Some smaller manufacturers might take considerably longer...
Pittsburgh was almost an invalid for 19½ hours while Duquesne Light Co. workers stayed off the job. Even though the company managed to produce power at 50% of normal volume, street cars stopped, street lights went out, office buildings closed for fear elevators might go out of control, and residential districts were blacked out in rotation. Mayor David Lawrence took to the radio, announced: "This is a disaster." It might have been much worse-if power had failed completely, the city's milk and water supply would have been cut off, and refrigerators and oil burners would have...
...long-familiar French voice last week backed up MRP's stand against the new leftist definition of liberty. Aging Edouard Herriot struck out: "Freedom of the press and freedom of discussion have foundered. . . . We must . . . reconquer our liberties and return to the normal rules of democracy...
...steel gave off alpha rays (ionized helium atoms), beta rays (electrons) and gamma rays (natural X rays). The proportions of the rays varied with the material. The steel gave off the most gamma rays. Sometimes the radiation from a piece gave a sudden, brief spurt, much above its normal level...