Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the sixth row, where lively, gnomelike Schönberg, natty in a polka-dot bow tie, sat with his wife. The audience joined in more enthusiastically after Transfigured Night. Afterwards Schönberg said: "I have to hear my music ten times to understand it myself. It needs frequent hearing...
...part of the master plan to soften up the shipowners for the C.I.O. maritime unions' strike, set for June 15. Also unionists wanted to delay sailings so as to be ashore if & when their strike is called. "Flash strikes" on ships over petty grievances were becoming increasingly frequent...
Probably the most frequent phrase heard in connection with the coal and railroad strikes was: "Why doesn't he do something about them...
Shanghai's municipal government, noted for its frequent banquets, promptly took the cue. It called a meeting of the local New Life Movement, adopted the slogan "Early to bed, early to rise," pledged tea parties instead of feasts, with no serving of wine or "offering of cigarets." For officials who clasp austerity to their bosoms, the Movement proposed a medal of honor and laudatory notice in the public prints...
...same elsewhere in Nurnberg. Said a British secretary quartered at the U.S. "Girls' Town" (quarters for clerks and stenographers et al.): "When I get up I usually find two American lieutenants shaving in the girls' bathroom." With warmer weather, blanket outings have become more frequent. Only officers can take jeeps from the motor pools after hours, and they drive off with their Fraulein to secluded spots...