The sale of Safety-Kleen was expected to be routine until employees of the company raised questions about dubious accounting practices.
The check-ins were routine — until the last visit at the ICE office in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, on August 24.
And when did this practice begin and end? A. "I've been told this was routine in phys ed classes until the late 1960s, when the practice of swimming in the nude was stopped," Margie Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Education Department, wrote in an e-mail message.
The practice was routine among the art cognoscenti until almost two years ago, when Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who was then the committee's chairman, inserted provisions into the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that made partial gifts less advantageous for donors.
Until 1972, smallpox vaccination was routine in this country, but it was done mostly on infants.
Today, of course, the sub-four-minute mile is routine, but until Sir Roger (he was knighted in 1975) accomplished it, it was considered beyond the realm of human possibility like climbing Mount Everest or walking on the moon.
In contrast, much of the complaint against Mr. Rajaratnam focuses on his habit of swapping tips and rumors in advance of quarterly earnings reports and other corporate announcements, a practice on Wall Street that has been routine — at least until now.
Six-day weeks were routine in the U.S. and Europe until the beginning of the 20th century.
Until this year, reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank has been routine.
Until a few years ago, hedge fund managers gave little thought to what were routine inspections.
