Word: regularization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mastermind the change of command, an old soldier of fortune who had fought through Chicago's rowdiest journalistic wars slipped into town. Ruddy, trumpet-voiced Walter Howey, prototype of the managing editor in The Front Page, had temporarily dropped his regular chores (supervising Hearst's two Boston tabloids with one hand and the American Weekly with the other) to help raise the steam pressure in the Herald-American's boilers...
...combat duty in Europe, he was used sparingly by Manager Eddie Dyer and had a poor year except for some timely World's Series hitting. This season he got off to a bad start and the Cardinals traded him to the Phillies. Ben Chapman made him a regular, and Harry immediately began to hit as he had never hit before...
Most of Bert's competitors shake their heads over such an outlay and predict a crippling overhead. But Bert and son are satisfied. Last year they netted $21,000; they hope that the new shop, charging regular prices, plus a branch to be opened at the new Los Angeles Municipal Airport, will boost 1947's profit...
...addition to marriage counseling, Dr. Burkhart has set up regular clinical sessions for parents (according to their children's ages), and for adolescents with personality problems. Church members are proud of the fact that of 634 of their boys in the armed forces not one was discharged for psychoneurotic reasons. Said Psychiatrist Karl Menninger after studying the mental hygiene setup of Dr. Burkhart's church: "It is the most constructive and comprehensive program I have seen carried out anywhere in America...
...unpredictable and uproarious National League, the Dodgers were by no means as sure a thing as the Yankees (13½ games ahead) were in the American League. But for a team that had seemed inexperienced and inept in spring training, they were playing heads-up ball. Every regular in the line-up except leadoff man Eddie Stanky was batting over .285. Johnny Jorgensen at third base and Jackie Robinson at first are two of the National League's rookies-of-the-year. Rookie Harry Taylor and 21-year-old Ralph Branca are among the league's most effective...