Word: regular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some 260 dead, 800 wounded), Bolivians recalled the oft-told story of the Moscardos and told a moving father-&-son story of their own. It concerned ex-Army General Froilan Calleja, commander of the rebel forces, and his 25-year-old son, Froilan Calleja Jr., a lieutenant in the regular army...
...letters (several thousand a month) have maintained a steady 50-50 average between Jews and non-Jews. Mrs. Berg likes to recall the time the Mother Superior of a Philadelphia convent wrote to ask for a synopsis of six weeks' programs. "She said the nuns were regular listeners but they'd given up the Goldbergs for Lent and now they were wondering what had happened...
...self-service filling station. Since thrifty motorists can save 5? a gallon by filling their own tanks, the "serve yourself" stations are spreading all over the Pacific Coast, sell 20 million gallons a month. Major oil companies squirm at the inroads they are making in the sales of regular stations owned or leased out by the majors...
...addition to his regular duties for TIME Promotion, Myles Weston has applied his knowledge of heraldry to the business of decorating some of Robert Chapin's maps in TIME, to LIFE'S series on the History of Western Culture, and other purposes. The latter include answering letters from readers taking spirited exception to one or another coat of arms that TIME and LIFE have printed. The nice thing about the subject matter, Weston says, is that it allows for equally spirited replies...
After his children were married, St. Laurent's big house on the Grande Allée became a different place. Most of the week it seemed deserted, but on Sundays and an occasional evening it was more crowded than ever. Sons, daughters, in-laws and grandchildren gathered for regular sessions en famille. Madame St. Laurent cooked a tremendous turkey. Grandfather Louis bought a stack of funny papers and read to the new generation, which insisted on addressing him as tu instead of the vous his own children had been taught to use. After dinner, all hands assembled...