Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...problem, as he outlined it, is to reconcile the need for adequate defense with this need for constant progress in the direction of social progress...
...closemouthed, fast-moving, middle-aged men who operate the Morse key and teletype machines. Incoming messages are passed across the hall, decoded, routed to Secretary of State Cordell Hull and his assistants. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the coding and cable rooms are in constant telegraphic contact with 300-odd points throughout the world...
Died. William Constant Wheeler, 93, last son of a soldier in the American Revolution; after a stroke; at South Woodbury, Vt. His father, Comfort Wheeler, enlisted in 1780 at the age of 14, and served as General Nathanael Greene's orderly. Born when his father was 81, Constant himself fought in the Civil...
Even though his eighty-first year will roll by this coming April, Copey's golden voice, which has flattered many a poem since his readings became famous, has never wavered. His custom of conferences with all who want to meet the famous professor, has kept him in constant touch with undergraduate life...
...engagement was often rumored, but Gertie could not seem to make up her mind about marriage. In 1928, when Mr. Taylor was in the offing, she said: "The duty of a wife is to offer constant companionship. . . . How can I, who must go to the theatre at night? ... I would like to marry Mr. Taylor very, very much. But I won't, because I don't think it would be fair for him to marry someone in my profession." But a few years later, when Doug Jr. loomed in her retinue, she stated: "Marriage in two establishments...