Word: frequently
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...billion federal income tax cut that will largely benefit people who earn less than $40,000 a year. At the same time, he reminds voters that the Federal Government has the responsibility to provide for basic human needs, such as health, education and employment. He also makes frequent reference to the time he was a star on the New York Knicks basketball team. "You know, I spent a lot of years running around in short pants in drafty arenas. And I think we shared moments of triumph, moments of sadness, moments of intense pressure...
...situation is no better with the line's 4,500 aging locomotives. Largely as a result of frequent breakdowns and long delays, the on-time arrival of shipments has fallen from 75% in 1976 to 65%-a dismal performance that angers shippers and causes them to switch to trucks...
...Eliot Bridge (next one upstream of Newell) is the connoisseur's choice vantage point for collisions. The inside position for this sharp turn is crucial, and tangled oars are a frequent occurrence between shells battling for the coveted spot. The turn reverses through the bridge, and more mishaps often ensue in the attempt to cross to the other side...
...jurisdiction, and Spanish became the second official language for such things as election ballots, public signs and local directories. Despite this accommodating gesture, there is friction between Hispanics and non-Hispanics in Bade. Many English-speaking residents, particularly older ones, resent the pervasiveness of the new language. There are frequent complaints of Cuban clannishness (only 5% of Cubans intermarry) and of arrogance. Result: many anglos are gradually retreating from Miami...
Heavily dependent for income on one export (copper), landlocked Zambia had gone along with the U.N. sanctions at considerable cost. The 1,160-mile Tazara railway, built by the Chinese as an alternative to routes through southern Africa, never became fully operational, because of theft, widespread mismanagement and frequent breakdowns in equipment. Zambia, already suffering from falling world copper prices, found it increasingly difficult to get the metal to markets. Skyrocketing prices and continual shortages of such vital goods as soap, matches and cooking oil created popular unrest and encouraged political opposition to Kaunda's less-than-democratic regime...