Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Between work to be done and a constant stream of important visitors, Franklin Roosevelt, the old warhorse of politics, must have sniffed the autumn air and felt the late-October urge to be out racing through the hustings. The Republicans were on the upsurge; the Democrats were worried; here was a chance to give his magic full play. Nor could Franklin Roosevelt fail to remember that President Wilson had come to disaster when he pleaded for a Democratic Congress in 1918-and to wonder if he could not do better. This, perhaps luckily, was at most only...
Clouds shrouded the Alps and, with the cold of the high altitudes, made icing a constant hazard. Mists lay in the valleys. But when the British bombers came within sight of Genoa the clouds had gone. Italy's old and historic city, lying at the foot of the Apennines at the sea's edge, was a perfect target under the bright moon...
...Logistics. The Pacific war is one of logistics, and so Archer Vande-grift's most constant worry has been about supply. At no time has he had quite enough of anything...
...engine (liquid-cooled) pursuit plane, the P-38 has so far had only limited tests in action, notably in the Aleutians. Its performance has been brilliant. Turbo-supercharged, it has excellent high-altitude performance. At its best altitude it is one of the world's fastest fighting aircraft. Constant improvements are being made...
Malta is worth the price for strategic reasons. Sixty miles from Sicily, the island is a constant menace to Axis supply routes in the Mediterranean. She is a base for British submarines. She is a potential base for an attack on southern Europe. And deeper than practical reasons, she has become Britain's symbol of resistance, as Stalingrad and Bataan became symbols of valor to Britain's allies...