Word: frequent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...western audiences generally reacted warmly, thought they saw in Harriman some hints of another New Yorker they remembered. There was the same highbred pronunciation and frequent use of the phrase "My friends." At a Spokane breakfast meeting, Harriman was introduced as "another Franklin Roosevelt...
...inaccuracies are disturbingly frequent; the lead article talks about "casting aspirations on"; Sir Hamilton Gibb is mistakenly called a spring term appointment; Alfred North Whitehead was not a University Professor. For the fourth successive year, the ski team's lack of distinction is blamed on lack of snow, despite the fact that there was a record fall this year. The book's polls are almost useless. Only three of them add up to 100% of those polled. One amounts to 121%, one to 97%, two to 96%; one each to 95%, 94%, 93%, 92%, and 91%. In response...
...Most frequent theme for sermons (60%) was man's spiritual obligation to God: 51% cited sermons devoted to "the works of the Deity." 44% to the value of religion to society, 23% to the value of religion to the individual...
...Allan Sproul, 60, as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, largest and most important unit in the nation's twelve-district Reserve system. Sproul, president of the New York "Fed" for 15 years, became known as the most powerful of the regional chiefs and a frequent dissenter from the Washington Board's policy. He resigned because of health (stomach ulcer). Successor Hayes, who calls himself "deplorably obscure," is described by his banker peers as brilliant, is the first president to come from outside the big bank's ranks since it opened for business...
...balls ($2.15 a can) within two hours, and cause high, unorthodox bounces. The fact that the lines have faded with the years is made more annoying by the balls' friendly, blending shade of green. Since both ball and line are invisible, "take two" or "do it over" are frequent Harvard's substitutes for "good shot...