Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...photon (smallest unit of radiant energy) is equal to the frequency of the wave multiplied by Planck's constant h (6.55 X 10(-27)erg-seconds...
Nevertheless, this constant attempt to smooth away a rough, wholesome play cannot be completely successful. Where the treatment of "Earnest" was natural and right, in "Man and Superman" it is artificial, and when the power of Shaw's ideas does break through, both the cast and the audience are left both embarrassed and helpless. But after a painful farewell to George Bernard Shaw, one can trot down to the Shubert and be amused...
...Joint defense is a commitment of the highest solemnity," cried Bodet. "But solemn as that commitment may be, that of constant mutual help should be equally solemn, in order to strengthen the defensive capacity of the hemisphere. Mexico considers that one of the deepest yearnings of the continent is to develop the economic cooperation of our countries to the end that many of them shall not become simply armored invalids artificially ironclad in time of emergency, but rather communities that are strong through production, sound through equitable exploitation of their resources. Nations that are weak owing to their economy will...
...enough cots for the school's dormitories. One staff group signed food contracts and arranged financial affairs in Switzerland. Later a squad drove to Prague and persuaded the Czech government to ship the first meat exports in its history to Leopoldskron. And most important, the administrators carried on a constant long-distance struggle with many European officials to obtain visas for would-be students...
...Peace has always been a thing of regional tension, of compromise, and of constant insecurity," the speaker declared. "The world has never been unified...