Word: usual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nanking last week, the Gimo was busy too. His day began, as usual, at 6 a.m., when he rose, scrubbed his face with cold water, and stepped on to the verandah of his simple two-story brick residence for 20 minutes of setting-up exercises...
...Pacific War Memorial's organizers (chairman: Archibald B. Roosevelt) believe that the Americans who died in the Pacific war deserve a better monument than the usual buildings or pretentious statuary. When the U.S. captured the island empire of the Japanese, it took possession of a region which was almost unknown scientifically. Many of the islands have birds, animals and plants that are found nowhere else; some of them may prove useful to the rest of the world. The ocean around the islands teems with fish which might be a valuable addition to the world's food supply...
...Almanac goes to press before any of the usual seasonal signs appear: the nut stores of squirrels, or woollybear caterpillars (TIME, Nov. 8). Mr. Weatherwise just hauls off and predicts.* How in tophet does he do it? This week, in the New York Times Magazine, Almanac Publisher Robb Sagendorph, who does business in Dublin, N.H., stuck his Yankee tongue in his cheek and drawled a few clues...
...usual, part of the proceedings will be broadcast over Station WHDH...
This year, Barnaby's men will be operating as usual on their system of playing intercollegiate rivals over weekends and meeting teams of various local clubs daily in the Boston metropolitan league...