Word: regular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hawkingses have no sure water supply, but the electricity was still on last week, and they have an ample stock of food and four bathtubs 'filled with water before the regular supply failed (plus the lily pond when these give out). During the long evenings Mr. and Mrs. Hawkings play Russian bank for pennies and halfpennies. "We call ourselves the last outpost of Empire out here," Mrs. Hawkings said. "I don't think we British ought to quit anywhere. It's a matter of prestige...
Toscanini was, said the critics (and for the sixth time), the best "regular symphony conductor": his performance of Verdi's A'ida (TIME, April' 4) was "the outstanding event of the year," and the National Broadcasting Go. (which has put Toscanini on the air for nine years without benefit of sponsors) was "the network most faithful to serious music...
Pack One. Other industries did likewise. Kling Furniture Factories brought out cheaper new lines and priced their regular furniture 4 ½% to 10% lower. Most of the major tiremakers had introduced low-priced tires and even some automakers were joining the parade: some "extras" became standard equipment. This week General Motors Corp. cut its auto prices from $10 to $40 as G.M. wages (tied to the cost-of-living index) came down 1? an hour...
...around 5,000. Yet such midget firms as Prime Press in Philadelphia, Fantasy Press in Reading, Pa. and Shasta Press in Chicago eke out profits from their small printings, for two reasons: 1) they keep advertising and other overhead costs to a minimum, and 2) they can count on regular patronage from their own rabid fans...
...Stories of Super Science for as high as $50. Several publishers estimate that from 30% to 40% of their readers are professional men, some of them scientists who read the stories for relaxation but with a sharp eye for scientific errors. Clubs are often organized by fans who hold regular discussion meetings and publish such magazines as Fandom Speaks, Fantasy Review, Macabre, The Gorgon and Lunacy. One Californian keeps his precious 2,000-volume collection in a fireproof concrete vault...