Word: constant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jong in coming. Ever since taking over the 1.8 million-member union ten years ago-from Dave Beck, who was imprisoned for larceny-Hoffa, 54, has been the object of almost constant investigations and allegations by the Federal Government. Six times he was brought to trial but only twice convicted. Hoffa took modest refuge in an ancient businessman's gag: he festooned his desk with a bronze plaque inscribed with the dog-Latin motto: Illegitimi Non Carborundum (Don't let the bastards wear you down...
...Peace Corps Volunteer gradually gains confidence in his understanding of the new culture, and then tries to puzzle out the why of underdevelopment. "My original impression--that most of the young people were lazy--was unsupported," Earle writes. "Their lethargy was not dullness but an understandable reaction to the constant lack of work.... Latins are not lazy people.... [They] have learned to live with the underdevelopment of their countries...." The answer, he felt, was "motivation," but he did not push this very far. The crucial question for students of development is what determines readiness to be motivated...
Trustees of the "independent" schools shouldn't be any more frightened of public funds than university trustees, Sizer argued. "Arrogantly autonomous Harvard derives over 40 per cent of its budget from the federal government," he pointed out, "and while constant battle is waged to retain old Dame Cambridge's virginity I think it's yet intact...
Into the Streets. His habit of constant questioning?combined with a cub reporter's curious eye?made Luce a formidable practicing journalist. His questions about President Kennedy's reading speed, asked of the President himself and his relatives, produced the article in LIFE that revealed that the President liked to read Ian Fleming, and thus launched the James Bond boom in the U.S. He also traveled out of his way some years ago to hear and talk with an obscure young North Carolina preacher named Billy Graham, then gave him his first national exposure in LIFE. Present in Cairo when...
...learning the trade from Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche in Paris. Says Valentino Customer Consuelo Crespi: "He went after the extravagant, luxurious woman, and what he wanted he got." First he got Jackie Kennedy by dedicating five evening gowns to her in 1961. She remains his most constant client, last year bought her pants suit from his collection. She often writes him long, glowing letters, has even been known to clap her hands, crying "Valentino, live to be 100!" while picking out a dress...