Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Council Constant Advisor...
...where P is the strength of the magnetic field; ß is a constant near unity; G is the gravitational constant (6.670 X 10^-8); c is the speed of light; U is the angular momentum (spin) of a revolving body...
...left to wonder . . . We have to reform our social habits, conquer our mental inertia, mercilessly throw away our pet customs and traditions before we can enjoy the fruits of science, before we can prepare against the growing dangers brought about by its constant unfoldings. Our airplanes . . . are supersonic, but our bodies are not yet supersonic. In such a world a dynamic, progressive, evolutionary, yet balanced, view of life is necessary for mankind...
...Hall. Despite all these achievements, he likes to appear indolent. Says he: "My idea of a vacation is just to go home, lie in the bed, if the phone rings pick it up and tell them I don't feel like it." Some of his critics bemoan his constant concertizing in recent years, and the pretentious kind of symphonic jazz he has written for Carnegie Hall (New World A'Comin'; The Deep South'). But the Duke insists he hasn't changed. "I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. We're playing...
...latter has fallen off considerably since the University's Golden Day. Education-admirer Felix, of course, does not admit to difference between the Harvard of today's Postwar and the Harvard of the Roaring Twenties. He has not looked for the trappings of opulence hut rather for the constant Knowledge. There is really nothing incongruous about this little man's carrying on a twenty-minute chat with Dean Pound after...