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Word: usual (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usual question-"Are you going to make any New Year's resolutions?"-Tireless Pollster George Gallup got the usual answers. The most popular resolutions: 1) to save more money, 2) improve my character, 3) improve my disposition. No. 9: quit drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 6, 1947 | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

...thousand would-be toreros milled about, practicing footwork and capework (usual cape: a shirt). Finally the first bull appeared, took a look around and lit out after the aficionados. A few, emboldened by rum, turned to meet him. As soon as the bull had dealt with them, he went after another yelling group. Once he got too close, and a hard-pressed torero leaped into a pond convenient for just such an emergency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSTA RICA: People's Bullfight | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

...have two more years ahead in which it will be hard for you to feel completely settled down-«iew friends, new work and many new interests loom up. Most of these will be sudden and out of your usual run, but need not be difficult or unpleasant, since you are usually an adaptable person. Your health may cause a little alarm, but this will be largely nervous in origin, not constitutional defect, so do not worry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Do Not Worry | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

...usual, the press played up the human drama. The real purpose of the sessions was undoubtedly sincere, but politically wise President Gonzá1ez knew that the publicity would do his regime no harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Meet the People | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

...usual, all this set other automen to speculating on how much longer K-F's cash would last. The only figure came recently from the always optimistic Joe Frazer. He said that they had $27,000,000 of their roll left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: K-F Takes Over | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

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