Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Barring the unforeseen, they are in a better position to keep up the good work than they have been for several weeks. The recovery and return of Shaw McKean to his regular first-line duties bodes good for the offense as a whole, which has been crippled by constant shiftings in personnel since mid-years. The second line has improved steadily as a scoring threat to provide an effective alternate to the McKean-Key-Sears combination. And Larry Ward is permanently up from the jayvees to fill out the third line...
...amazed at the constant peering into the casket by those present and the conversation concerning the deceased as though she herself were lying in the casket and not her mortal remains. One niece kept a 48-hour vigil beside the body while it lay at the funeral home awaiting burial because she "didn't want Auntie to be left alone" Photographs were made of the body in the casket and distributed among the relatives several weeks later...
...among the economic and political variables, there is one constant: Election Day falls on November 2. The popularity of a tax cut makes the issue a ripe plum for the politicians, who are taking every opportunity to capitalize on it. Political maneuvering in Congress is to be expected during an election year, but it is highly dangerous to mix politics with the complex problems of national finance. Any tax cut in the near future must be one not made with a view to its vote-getting consequences, and preferably one that would actively encourage savings. A bill that...
...collected and kept on file in the Placement Office, would enable the job counselor to have before him at once the medical, educational, social and economic background of any student seeking aid. At the same time, close contact with firms ready to employ college graduates, coupled with a constant study of the overall job market, should provide information about available opportunities. Such expansion means expense, but as the financial future of a college is to a notable degree in the checkbooks of her alumni, the investment would be more than a sentimental...
...dubious point that today's musicals lack the talent that is provided by a Berlin or an Astaire, the main superiority of a film like "Follow the Fleet" is that it lacks the horrible brassiness of modern musicals. It is inexpressibly delightful to sit in a theater without the constant danger of having a big-name band jump up and down noisily. Here the commercial Jazz is present but not overpowering, and the picture wends its pleasant way without mishap. A perhaps interesting note: Betty Grable is in the billing, but it was impossible to find her in the movie...