Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...against the comrades. In the Crossroads squatter camp near Cape Town, community leaders known as "fathers" have donned white headbands and armbands and organized patrol groups called vigilantes. "The people of Old Crossroads will hunt them down and beat the comrades," said Sam Ndima, a leader of the fathers. Frequent clashes have claimed dozens of lives on both sides and destroyed thousands of shanties. In Soweto, the city council has called for the formation of vigilante bands to stamp out "political renegades" and protect local citizens...
...presence of the Libyans, captured a few days earlier at Fada in northeastern Chad, proved, if proof were any longer needed, that the soldiers of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have been fighting on the ground in Chad for a long time, despite the Libyan leader's frequent denials. More important, the prisoners were tangible evidence of the biggest victory of the Chad army since the latest round of fighting began in 1982. Gaddafi responded to the defeat at Fada by dispatching four MiG-23s to bomb the towns of Arada and Oum Chalouba. The raid did little damage...
Stoppard's speech received frequent bursts of laughter and applause from the audience in the packed lecture hall...
...emergency exits." New York Correspondent Joseph Boyce, only half facetiously, checks out the pilot. "It's always good if he's graying," says Boyce. "That means he is 'experienced.' But if he is completely gray and, heaven forbid, wears glasses, I begin to get uneasy." Clearly, for TIME's frequent flyers, humor helps keep worries about air safety in proper perspective...
...even though in his cockpit 14 red tags were hanging from parts on which needed maintenance work had been deferred. While this may be legal, John Galipault of the Aviation Safety Institute insists that one airline assigns mechanics to fly in what repairmen call "hangar queens," airplanes that develop frequent problems. When a minor ailment arises, the flying mechanic "signs off" on the paperwork needed to permit the plane to keep operating, even though no repair is done...