Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Symphony in D for the Dodgers had much of the Dodgers' elusive, faunlike charm, and rated a place with such sporting music as Constant Lambert's Prizefight, Arthur Honegger's Rugby and Skating Rink, the ballets Card Game (Igor Stravinsky), Checkmate (Arthur Bliss...
...heard criticism which was generally vague, sometimes piddling. It was the kind of criticism which the Prime Minister could, and did, overwhelm with one of his resonant emotional appeals. Sometimes he was almost as gay as the blue-flowered hat worn by Mrs. Churchill in the gallery. There was constant laughter and tittering at the Prime Minister's sal lies. When it was all over, the House of Commons approved his policy by a vote of 447-to-3 (the House of Lords had given him a unanimous vote of confidence), and in quitting the chamber...
...solution on our national characteristics, economic situation and on the principles of war, and doctrines that we have developed in our own service. It is not enough to be equal, we must be superior. This calls for original thought, initiative on the part of all military personnel and constant study and experimentation...
...reporter's trained eye is sharpened by constant irritation. The best sections of his book are such frolicsome ones as those in which he describes the passing fads in Japanese suicides (belly-ripping, jumping into volcanoes, drowning). Most important are those in which he discusses the Army fascists and fanatics like Sublieutenant Kiyoshi Koga, who testified in court that he had plotted to assassinate Charlie Chaplin. Koga's reason: "Chaplin is the darling of the capitalistic class. We thought that killing him would bring on war with the United States...
Present differentials have remained almost constant since 1920, when the railroads were allowed increased rates following World War I's Government control. Tariffs in the Northeast were upped 40%, those in the South 25%. This 15% difference improved the competitive position of Southern mines and played a large part in stimulating Southern mining...