Word: constant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alex Northrop's health is a constant heckler to Jaakko, for during the last year there has always been something to jeopardize his possibilities. In the winter it was bronchitis which left him in poor condition for the mile on a board track, and in the spring just as he was getting in good shape, he came down with a case of the measles. Nevertheless in the spring Yale meet he won the half-mile in the excellent time of 1:55.4. And what may prove to be the climax of his dogged career was his mile performance...
...Juan Negrin of Leftist Spain. Alphabetical rotation had made him president of the Council at this session, but Mr. Negrin handed his gavel to the Delegate of Ecuador, moved to another seat at the horseshoe table, drew himself up and cried: "The anonymous State whose warships are trying by constant aggressions to create a state of terrorism in the Mediterranean is Italy...
However, it was pointed out, unless students follow the traffic regulations governing the use of the two doorways, congestion is likely to be as bad as ever. The "one-way traffic" plan set up by the University, contemplates a constant flow from south to north. Incoming students to classes in the building are asked to use the old, or south door, on what has come to be regarded as the front of the hall, while students leaving classes are requested to leave via the new exit on the north side...
...search for an infallible blind landing system has proceeded now for years with constant view-halloos but never a commercial installation. Whether the Army's new device at last fills the bill was, in the absence of real evidence last week, doubted by most airfolk. Most promising indication was the fact that an integral part of the system is the Sperry gyropilot. This extraordinary device is already capable of so many feats that it is not difficult for some professionals to believe that it can effect blind landings...
...United Aircraft Corp. won the Collier Trophy by producing the first controllable pitch propeller, ''the gearshift of the air." This allowed a pilot to change propeller pitch during flight and achieve maximum propeller efficiency both at take-off and at high speed. A further refinement was the constant speed propeller, which changes pitch automatically as the plane climbs, dives or cruises so that the engine's r.p.m. remain constant...