Word: usual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...else, the 1958 elections showed that neither political party can count on blind following from the U.S. voter. Many a split ticket elected a Governor of one party and Senator of another in the same state. Result of the split ticket: the U.S. is in for more than its usual share of bipartisan government, beginning at the statehouses and running resoundingly to Washington...
...there was an outburst of hooting, hollering and name calling. France's Charles de Gaulle served notice that he was discontented with NATO's political structure. Britain's Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, until last month NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, was, as usual, chipperly dissatisfied with almost everybody...
When the TV bunkhouse got so crowded last year, everybody reckoned somebody would have to go. Yet after the usual summer cleaning, none of last season's wagonload of "adult westerns" had moved on, leaving 21 oldtimers right where they were, and for two of them-Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel-that means a cushy rating spot on the top of the Nielsen Rating's top ten. TV producers recognize a mother lode when they see one, and they have moved with mule-skinner determination to pile it even higher: by last week a nerve-shattering total...
...Greenwich, Conn, and has a farm in Massachusetts, is tall (6 ft. 1 in.), quick-witted and relaxed ("My biggest problem is keeping the sheep fenced in on my farm"); he is slated to be top man when Sig Larmon, now two years over Y. & R.'s usual retirement age, steps...
...Brahms presents technical difficulties comparable to the Berlioz, and musical problems that are much deeper. But the orchestra had solved most of the technical problems, and conductor Attilio Poto showed not only his usual control and precision, but also an interpretation which was neither unusual nor detailed, but was remarkable in its mere presence. Too often, his sole concern has been with "the notes" rather than the more profound problems of musicality, and this performance represented a refreshing change...