Word: usual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus an issue which had seemed explosive only two months ago seemed to be gradually subsiding into a tacit acquiescence. As usual, Arab leaders were making suitable protests to satisfy their public. Last week they ordered the Kern Hills blacklisted in all Arab countries. They had already asked Iran to refuse to sell any more oil to Israel; Iran promised, but it is not yet clear whether Iran will object to having its oil sold to various "John Does" who might or might not sell to Israel...
...going to have to swing on the next one. In the split second that it takes a ball to travel 60 ft. 6 in. from the pitcher's mound to the plate, Gil noted with surprise that Cleveland Southpaw Herb Score had failed to lean into his usual fluid follow-through. A fat pitch floated up, just knee-high. McDougald lashed it back, a string-straight drive that ended in the sickening sound of a baseball meeting human bone. Pitcher Score crumpled. Blood burst from his nose and mouth...
...Fall & the Cradle. Other relatives rescued her and sent her to a Sacred Heart convent at Seattle, where the sisters prayed for her Protestant grandfather. Thereafter her story tells the usual girl's things-mysterious grownups, dresses, brothers, journeys, the near fall from virginity. The episodes, trivial in themselves, are good reading because they are by Mary McCarthy; they are also thought-provoking because they suggest something about reminiscing intellectuals in general. Those who fall out of a cradle do not merely scream; they see and live to tell. The Fear of the Fall-in the theological as well...
...long-awaited Massachusetts Turnpike was officially opened yesterday as Governor Furcolo snipped the usual ribbon to put 123 mile route into actual use for New England motorists...
...first contribution from the Breed estate arrived last December, and the rest came in three installments last month. The usual five percent return will yield a yearly income of about $2000 to maintain the sport at both varsity and freshman levels. That sum is almost one-half of the yearly expenses of these teams...