Word: constant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dollar, the widespread bank credit inflation and the possible menace of currency inflation are the new factors with which the trustees must deal. . . . The theory of devaluation . . . implies a transfer of values from the bondholder to the common stockholder. . . . The question of currency inflation is one of constant discussion in Government and the Press and, while not at the moment more than a menace, it is one which cautious trusteeship must be in a position to meet. The record of similar institutions in Europe under currency inflation is before us, where their endowments were largely wiped...
...hall is to be made into an exhibition gallery with modern cases and stands. Plans are under way for three to six weeks exhibitions of photographs, models, and drawings of contemporary architecture and allied arts, keeping the school in constant contact with developments in Europe and the United States...
...venerable Dr. Kennelly hoped its bestowal would mark a closer liaison be tween U. S. and French scholarship. Frank Walker Caldwell, 46, Hamilton Standard Propeller Co. engineer; the Sylvanus Albert Reed Award of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences ($250 and certificate) : for his development of controllable pitch and constant speed propellers ("gear shift of the air"). Arthur Cutts Willard, 58, president of the University of Illinois; the F. Paul Anderson Gold Medal of the American Society of Heating & Ventilating Engineers : for work as an engineer, teacher, author and consultant on the ventilating systems of the Holland Tunnel...
...evident that constant repainting would be too great a financial burden on the University, but there is no excuse for dirty walls. Rooms that need it should be scrubbed during the summer. A water-proof paint for the bathrooms might be found more economical than ordinary wall-paint. Perhaps if a more stringent check-up were made at the end of each year suites would be better cared for by their occupants. Every dormitory resident deserves this attention to his living quarters, particularly since it would entail little additional expense...
...from mediaeval ideals to those of the Renaissance. Rather the two were always present in his later work, first one and then the other appearing to have the upper hand. A series of three engravings, all made within a few years of each other, shows how there was a constant conflict going on within...