Word: usual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among all the 50,000 people in the ring, nervous, 23-year-old Rafael Rodriguez wanted most the approval of Rodolfo Gaona. His nod would add thousands of pesos to the matador's earnings. But approval, if it came, would be only a milder-than-usual insult. Who had a better right to be critical? The old man was the greatest bullfighter Mexico ever produced, and one of the greatest in the world's history...
Last week, at a Roman Catholic Church in London's Chelsea, Anglican Henry Pears Fisher, 30, a barrister and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, married Roman Catholic Felicity Sutton, 26, an artist. They were married by Fr. Alphonso de Zulueta, "subject to the usual conditions of the Catholic Church," that is to say: 1) no other religious wedding ceremony could be performed; 2) any children of the marriage were to be brought up as Roman Catholics. The groom's mother and five brothers were present, but his father was unable to attend. He is Geoffrey Francis Fisher...
Citation, after galloping off with the $50,000 Tanforan Handicap, "cooled out" like a sound horse. But Trainer Jimmy Jones was suspicious: "He didn't seem to run as kindly as usual. Arcaro had to whip him repeatedly. When Citation is good, you don't have to touch him with a whip." Last week, three days after the race, Trainer Jones found the trouble...
...gunfire are hourly occurrences in the public square; a bandleader and his wife sweating to live up to the lurid-and contradictory-bulletins the columnists issue about them; an old-fashioned Friday afternoon dancing class, in which the Penrod motif loses out to the pretty-pretty. There are the usual-all-too-usual-dance numbers in Lend an Ear, and some pleasantly forgettable tunes...
...days' normal consumption. Lewis was reported to be thinking of ordering his miners off on a holiday to cut down the surplus. Thus Lewis would have an easier time next spring if, as expected, he demands a 30-hour week (with 40 hours' pay). The consumer, as usual, would be expected to foot the bill...