Word: constant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most successful case of artificial in semination, said Dr. Pelzman, was a Chicago woman who bore two artificially conceived children, has the constant pleasure of hearing her unknowing friends say: "They look just like their father...
...upper atmosphere contains huge curling streaks, or tongues of air, said Professor Rossby, which remain at fairly constant potential temperatures and specific humidities, are not considerably affected by winds. Their rates of drift are variable. Two types of tongues have been discovered: 1) dry, usually coming from the north; 2) wet, coming from the south. A large tongue may stretch for 1,500 miles across the U. S., and 20 or 30 smaller streaks may be observed in one day, forming a roof over the entire continent. Plotted on a meteorological map they resemble a mass of partly coiled snakes...
South of Massachusetts Avenue are the lairs of the upperclassmen, their dormitories, the Houses, their boarding houses, and clubs. Many of the buildings, however, are in constant use by Freshmen. Some of these...
...Service, carried out under the guidance of Dr. Clifford Rush Eskey. With shotguns and traps, field crews roam the country, killing rats and squirrels at sight. Rat burrows are sprayed with calcium cyanide. Rat-proofing of buildings is strongly urged, and, when necessary, incoming ships are fumigated. By such constant, vigilant rat-catching, Dr. Eskey expects to forestall an epidemic such as Los Angeles had, in 1924, when 24 people were stricken...
...owned a radio might catch the itch. Upshot of this idea: the Victor Record Society. Membership (at $14.95) in the Society, entitled the member to a $14.95 Record Player and $9 worth of Victor records. It also included a subscription to the Victor Record Society Review, whose pages dangled constant temptations before the eyes of the budding collector. Last week the Victor Record Society, now 23 weeks old, was luring members at the rate of nearly 2,000 per week...