Word: regularly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...take over the Government (TIME, April 20). Chancellor Schuschnigg's next move was to attempt to force the dissolution of Prince von Starhemberg's well-equipped private army on the ground that the Heimwehr was no longer needed since Austria had adopted military conscription for its regular Army. Sticking out his chin, Prince von Starhemberg snapped that the Heimwehr would be disbanded only "over my dead body...
...into the little German town of Friedrichshafen. Explorer Sir George Hubert Wilkins, European News Manager Webb Miller of United Press, Lady Drummond-Hay, Newshawk Karl von Wiegand, Poloist Elbridge Gerry, many another notable had each plunked down $500 for the privilege of making the first trip on the first regular air-service across the North Atlantic. With free baggage weight limited to a meagre 40 lb., they waited eagerly to board the Hindenburg, Germany's newest and largest dirigible, scheduled for a threeday, non-stop voyage to Lakehurst...
...paltry pellets of jingoistic mud. The "Hindenburg" was built for trausatlantic passenger service: she is the first airship to be commissioned for this purpose, since the "Graf Zeppelin" was primarily an experimental ship. Commanded by Germany's grand old man of the air, Dr. Hugo Eckener, the "Hindenburg'e" regular trips will be between Germany and South America; but this voyage to Lakehurst, if successful, will make air history. For it marks the first hesitant step of a process that air-minded men dream of--the establishment of a regular transatlantic airline. The great dirigible should not be greeted...
Recruiting for the territorials (Britain's National Guard) is even more serious. Short on troops to be sent to India and Egypt, the General Staff has decreed that practically all territorial regiments be immediately converted into antiaircraft battalions, thus liberating regular army detachments for service abroad. Bank clerks and stockjobbers, drilling once a week, are expected to master the complexities of high-angle range tables, multiple machine guns, acoustic range finders...
...needed the shot of a loser as a closing touch. Cameraman Oliver remembered that he held a worthless ticket, volunteered to act the role. It was good enough to call for an Easter encore. Last week, after sizing up audience reaction, Universal decided to make John Q. Dohp a regular feature of its newsreels, gave David Oliver a new contract for $100 a week for photography but forgot to include in the contract any lien on his services as an actor...