Word: regularization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Navy had the task of turning out these clumsy, homely, efficient invasion boats by the thousands. It had to be done in a tearing hurry with the greatest possible secrecy. And it had to be superimposed on the regular shipbuilding program, which already had existing shipyard facilities fully occupied...
...Congressman came back white-hot mad. The first sign of trouble came from a regular source of trouble: Montana's acid, acrid Senator Burton K. Wheeler. He was against drafting fathers. The issue boiled briefly, but by week's end. under a mass of cogent argument against it and the pressure of heavy fighting in Italy, Wheeler's support faded utterly...
...Second Part, usually done before a curtain while the first act scenery was changed, was a vaudeville known as the Olio (supposedly derived from the Spanish "olla" as in olla podrida, meaning hodgepodge). A regular feature was the stump speech by the Black Demosthenes (or someone of similar title) on such timely topics as "Carrie Nation, the Masher." The Third Part, or "Afterpiece," was often a satire on a current play or opera...
...well-mannered Berkshire School, the students talk increasingly with their hands. They all have the air-talk habit. A handsome New England prep school at Sheffield, Mass., Berkshire this year generated unwonted zip in its student body by teaching them to fly as a regular part of the curriculum. This week 40 fledglings in this pioneering airprep school were agog over the first of their number to take his test for a pilot's license. With 35 hours of soloing, 17-year-old James D. Geier of Cincinnati had beaten out his headmaster. Headmaster Albert Keep still has only...
...future programs and rehearsals. It seems assured that the Club will be given radio time if a program can be arranged. There were not anywhere near as many juniors present as were expected and it is hoped that more juniors will turn out at subsequent meetings. A policy of regular meetings on Tuesday and Thursday at 1830 was adopted and will prevail unless otherwise stated...