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Word: frequently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nineteen twenties gangster-moll-machines gun picture has gone with prohibition. But there is no law against taking the same plot, putting a WAVE, WAAC or other chic uniform on the heroine, wrapping it in an American flag and feeding it to the hordes of wishful Miniver Cheevies who frequent the institution of the movies, Saturday afternoon variety or otherwise...

Author: By C. C. G., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

When the director of the Tonanzintla project, Luis Enrique Erro, was first secretary of the Mexican embassy in Washington a decade ago, he had astronomy as his hobby. He made frequent trips to Cambridge to see the Observatory and under the tutelage of is director. Harlow Shapley, Paine professor of Practical Astronomy, he became an active amateur observer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAN-AMERICA RELATIONS TO BE BOUND BY MEXICANS' VISIT | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

During the postwar days of aviation Tooey Spaatz (who added the extra "a" because frequent mispronunciations of Spatz as "Spats" instead of "Spots" sent him into a fury) became one of the faithful around Billy Mitchell. In 1942 he was serving as Chief of the Air Force Combat Command, when he was suddenly yanked out and sent to England to command and train the Eighth Army Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AFRICA: The Plotters of Souk-el-Spaatz | 3/22/1943 | See Source »

...frequent baskets by Cameron and Garelick were a big help to Leverett in winning the House championship, while Spark's fine defensive play was an important factor in Kirkland's finishing in second place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL-HOUSE BASKETBALL, HOCKEY TEAMS CHOSEN | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

...Japanese-held territory. In winter, the planes ice up; in summer they fight thunderstorms and cyclones. In some parts of India it rains as much in one day as it does in a year in New York. In other parts it rains practically never. Severe dust storms are frequent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: Impossibilities Take Time | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

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