Word: constant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that one example the whole philosophy of the armament makers reveals itself. Keep Europe in a constant state of nerves. Publish periodical war scares. Impress governmental officials with the vital necessity of maintaining armaments against the "agreesions" of neighbor states. Bribe as necessary. In every practical way create suspicion that security is threatened. And if you do your job thoroughly enough you will be able to sink into your armchair and reach the contented words of Eugene Schneider, announcing a dividend to his shareholders; "The defense of our country has brought us satisfactions which cannot be ignored...
...correctly estimate the ability of so many men in so short a time while the recluse greybeards inhabiting the Law School and the Semitic Museum possess such a remarkable lack of knowledge of their job that they do not even get to bat. Even older men who are in constant communication with the undergraduate department in their own fields, have grown out of touch with undergraduate feelings and problems in the broader sense. That ideal adviser, the Yard proctor, exists in the minority...
Such interchanges went on constantly during the war-always of course through a neutral intermediary. (The amenities of warfare must be observed, even at some inconvenience.) Throughout the war English and French industries maintained to Germany a steady stream of glycerin (or explosives), nickel, copper, oil, and rubber. Germany even returned the compliment: she sent France iron and steel and magnetos for gasoline engines. This constant traffic went on during the war via Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, or Holland, by the simple process of transshipment--enemy to neutral to enemy...
Playing an irregular game the Varsity Lacrosse team lost to Dartmouth Saturday at Hanover by the score of 6 to 3. Halversen proved a constant worry to the Crimson men and scored three times...
...consequence of these factors, the unrest over Macedonia, and constant party struggles, Tsankoff has for some time been urging the formation of a non-party government and a corporative parliament. The results are, of course, unpredictable, but the history of the dictatorships in Greece and Yugoslavia makes it seem unlikely that the Bulgarian experiment will be immediately successful. ZENO...