Word: regular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this period of a cold war," he said, "I do not believe the usual rules as to political parties apply to the Communist Party. I am convinced that conspiracy and calculated deceit have been and are the characteristic pattern of behavior of regular Communists all over the world...
...possible surprise Crimson starter will be Myles Huntington, last year's regular second baseman, who was injured in the third Dartmouth hockey game and spent the early part of the baseball season waiting for a broken shoulder to mend...
...citizen must become a real enthusiast about our great democratic experiment; he must be eager to forward those ideals which are the premises of the experiment itself. Secondly, he must work at the task of making his belief manifest almost daily in the course of his regular life...
...this, plus the movies, takes as big an investment as a regular cinemansion; one 2,000-car ozoner near Cincinnati cost $750,000. But the payoff is heavy and swift. Example: the atmosphere under artificial moonglow whets appetites so keenly that popcorn, hotdogs and hamburgers sell about four times as well at ozoners as in theaters. Some drive-ins can pay all expenses with the receipts from munching...
...outdoor impresario estimates that 80% of drive-in fans are not, and never have been, regular indoor moviegoers. The best customers are 1) moderate-income families who bring the children to save on babysitting, 2) the aged and physically handicapped and 3) farmers and factory workers ducking the ritual of dressing up to go to a movie in town. The drive-ins are also popular with young neckers, but exhibitors deny that their places are, in Variety's phrase, "passion pits with pix." Their righteous defense: nothing happens that doesn't go on in a balcony...