Word: constant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Whatever the lessons of the past seven months, we must be prepared to learn them and profit by them in a spirit of realism, keeping steadily before us what remains the constant purpose of British Foreign Policy-the maintenance of peace. We have nothing to reproach ourselves with, nothing to apologize...
...succession. She has a doll from every country in the world, each dressed in native costume. On the Fox lot she keeps rabbits and a flock of bantam chickens. The chickens operate with punctuality. Each night Shirley takes home an egg to eat for breakfast. In addition to satisfying constant requests for her own autograph, she collects those of other celebrities. Her contacts have enabled her to assemble one of the best collections in the world...
...Presbyterian Mission hospital at Barrow contains nine beds, accommodates additional patients on the floor. Dr. Greist solved the problem of water supply by connecting a large iron drum to the hospital stove. In the drum is kept a constant supply of melting ice. For help in the hospital Dr. Greist depended on Mrs. Greist and another trained nurse...
...last week reports of the A. M. A.'s officers were ready. Noteworthy was Secretary Olin West's report on how the general public is being wooed to support the medical profession. Reported Dr. West: ''Constant progress is being made in most of the states in strengthening the machinery of medical organization and in extending the influence of State and county medical societies. . . . Much closer contact is being maintained with organized groups among the lay public that have concerned themselves with medical and public health affairs. . . . Representatives of the Association have appeared before a greater number...
Colonial society on that Pacific island was outraged by Artist Gauguin's habit of pasting obscene postcards on his bedroom door, of insisting on public recognition of his native mistresses. In constant trouble with French officials and the police, he moved finally to the Marquesas Islands, built and worshipped a clay idol of his own designing, died, half-blind...