Word: constant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whether you agree with Russell or not, it is a constant joy to be sure you know what he means by what he is saying. Even in reading Russell's most complex and difficult treatises, one never suspects him of trying to avoid an issue by throwing up a meaningless verbal smokescreen that will hide the obvious banality or falsehood of his views on certain points. This is the result of that slow, painful climb toward greater intellectual clarity which has been the life-work of Russell and his colleagues, Moore and Wittgenstein, and which some contemporary writing is doing...
Part of the Eyre tradmark that one cannot miss is his constant use of colored glasses, fitted to his prescription. His dress could not be called fastidious, though he believes clothes are a significant facet of character. "I think one must dress for other people...one should dress according to one's class. That's an important thing with me, class. In America, class is determined by money. That is not right. It is true that in the United Kingdom many persons in the upper class have lost their money, but that doesn't matter It depends on family...
...charges made by Ryan were contained in a letter of resignation submitted to the Committee yesterday. He criticized "the secrecy, the half-truths and often whole lies, the ruthlessness, and the constant plotting that has gone on," as well as Winans' activities in the New England Intercollegiate Young Democrats...
...independence last August, Prime Minister Rahman announced that he hoped the anti-terrorist war would be over on Malaya's first birthday. For the people of the "nonwhite" areas who must live under virtual martial law and are plagued by rationing,* by 4 p.m. curfews, and the constant dread of bombardment, a cease-fire would be a welcome birthday present indeed. But they will apparently have to do without it. The Prince is made nervous by Communist gains in Indonesia, just across the Strait of Malacca, and is eager to get his own house in order...
...there has been almost constant opposition to the regime--from Prio (in exile in Miami), from a group of Havana businessmen, more recently from Castro. These three groups now comprise an uneasy rebel alliance...