Word: ceaselessly
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...works the subtlest of nuances, endowing her characters with quiet dignity and endearing quirks. Norman is sarcastic, but he always stops just short of abrasion. Edwin, a large, docile widower, is so bland as to be almost invisible; he fills his mouth with candies and his hours with a ceaseless round of churchgoing...
Finally, leadership, which is an historical process of ceaseless interaction between leaders and followers, would result in a "change in leaders' and followers' motives and goals," which in turn would produce "a causal effect on social relations and political institutions" much as the interaction of chemicals changes their composition. The person without followers is not a leader, no matter how stirring his oratory or how right his cause may be, because he does not make a difference; he cannot change how people...
...Steinbrenner had assured him of his job only three weeks before. Though the Yanks are way out now, anything can happen in six games, and it is not like Martin to quit. So Steinbrenner has finally killed the goose that laid the proverbial golden egg; his constant hounding, his ceaseless interference in what was an already difficult situation, his exaltation of dollars and his own ego, above everything else, are ruining the Yankees and have already ruined Billy Martin...
...area does this odd trait show itself as starkly as in the legislatures' ceaseless squabbling over the designation of "official" animals, birds, fishes, minerals, poems, songs and flowers. Last year, after interminable conflict among advocates of barbecue, gumbo and chili, Texas legislators finally designated the last as State Dish. This year a skirmish shaped up in the New York legislature over the selection of a State Insect (praying mantis vs. Karner blue butterfly), and in New Jersey over a State Fish (bluefish leading); a struggle over the wild turkey left Alabama still, alas, without a State Game Bird...
...McIntyre is granite-like, the rest of the cast is frenzied. During much of the movie McIntyre is surrounded by a ceaseless maelstrom of auditioners, producers and record company executives. Freed is portrayed as the eye of the hurricane that was rock. The teenagers at the rock show are so lively the police--the bad guys--threaten to stop the show--which leads to The Line of this movie--"You can stop the show, but you can't stop rock and roll," which McIntyre delivers with all the passion he is ever able to muster...