Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...delaying the transport bill with interminable debate. Individual opinions were so tolerated that swastikas might be seen on many walls, and in the bazaar hawkers sold portraits of Adolf Hitler. And anyone who wanted could listen to his radio and hear Axis propaganda. The Shah confessed himself a frequent listener to Japanese broadcasts in Iranian. "The Japanese," he said, "never mention themselves, but always talk of what Germany can do for Iran. They . . . invariably describe Hitler as a Mohammedan who is a direct descendant of the Prophet, and who was born with a sacred green belt about his middle...
Funerals became strangely frequent. Always first in processions was Pierre Guichard, dignified beadle of the Cérilly church. Next, the cure, sprinkling holy water with an energy suggesting joyous abandon. Behind him came the coffin bearers, their spirits lighter than the heavy box they bore. Then the black-veiled mourners, bearing their grief with an odd furtiveness...
...first went to sea, captains navigated by faith and "the feel of the seat of their pants." They gauged drift and current "by hunches," set courses "by intuitions," and when they could not see land, "smelled" it. Since not all captains were gifted with a sixth sense, wrecks were frequent. Position was found by making lunar observations, for which all the formulas now found in charthouse books had to be worked out on the spot. The result gave longitude within 30 miles. Of course, there was John Hamilton Moore's Practical Navigator, a British work. But Bowditch and many...
...Treasury in Washington so many gifts of money arrived that clerks worked overtime to acknowledge them, had no time left to tot them up. One man sent $100 he had won at a movie bank night. A hairdresser sent an entire day's receipts: $200. Most frequent message: "Merry Christmas to Uncle Sam." > Defense-bond sales jumped as much as 8,691% in one city, soon forced some post offices and banks to turn customers away until more bonds could be printed (see p.53...
...Japanese are likely to be stockier and broader-hipped than short Chinese. > Japanese - except for wrestlers - are seldom fat ; they often dry up and grow lean as they age. The Chinese often put on weight, particularly if they are prosperous (in China, with its frequent famines, being fat is esteemed as a sign of being a solid citizen). > Chinese, not as hairy as Japanese, seldom grow an impressive mustache. > Most Chinese avoid horn-rimmed spectacles. > Although both have the typical epicanthic fold of the upper eyelid (which makes them look almond-eyed), Japanese eyes are usually set closer together. > Those...