Word: usual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...films, U.S.C.'s President Dr. Norman Topping made a public apology to the University of California for "this most regrettable incident," and promised that it would not happen again. Last Saturday, as U.S.C. coasted to an easy win over West Virginia, Mike McKeever was at his usual position and at the bottom of a major share of U.S.C. tackles. But he kept his elbows close to his sides...
...army officers, cops and party hacks who hastened to say that they were delighted to kick in. But when the government proposed canceling Christmas bonuses for public employees, such grumbling followed that the dictator announced he would personally donate $1,000,000 toward the cause of bonuses as usual...
...C.E.E.B. essay question is not in itself a panacea. It will take an hour, cover three pages and not be scored. It will go to three colleges, of the student's choice, which can do what they will with it. But it may at last replace the usual pat "biography" required by colleges, and students will get no help from papa. More important, it may help U.S. schools to find time somehow for putting meaning into words-with clarity, order, thought, vigor...
Unbeaten Mississippi was L.S.U.'s biggest hurdle, and the victory extended the team's streak to 19 games, all but cinched a Sugar Bowl invitation and a national championship. As always, L.S.U. played just well enough to win. As usual, the man who supplied the clutch play was Billy Abb Cannon, 22, one of the most remarkable athletes around...
Last week the Federal Reserve Board announced that in September outstanding consumer credit rose to a record high of $48.4 billion. New loans are well ahead of repayments, but this is usual during a period of credit expansion, just as repayments outran new loans during the recession. Of the loan total, $37.5 billion was installment credit, an increase of $485 million over August. While this was the smallest monthly increase since last March, installment credit this year is expected to rise about $6 billion v. a $5.4 billion increase...