Word: constant
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Deadly Risk. "It's a standoff," said one police officer as the long siege of the kidnap hideout began. While a spotter plane kept the house under constant surveillance, armored cars were stationed outside the front door, and more than 200 soldiers and police surrounded the floodlit house. Loudspeaker appeals for the kidnapers' surrender were met with a broadside of obscene oaths from Gallagher. A psychologist was rushed to the scene to listen to conversations in the besieged bedroom that were monitored by sophisticated electronic equipment borrowed from Scotland Yard. Herrema was heard to call hoarsely for food...
Williams applied constant pressure in the beginning of the first half and scored on a penalty shot when Crimson fullback Ralph Booth was called for tripping, inside the penalty area...
...tide turned in the second half, Williams came out and dominated play, putting constant pressure on the Crimson defense, and finally scoring with 4:43 left in the first half...
Opponents also argue that there is little justification for banning handguns on grounds that gun availability leads to suicide. MIT Professor Prescott Crout, also of GOAL, points out that the number of guns in circulation has increased dramatically since 1950 while the suicide rate has remained almost constant. He cites a study by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence entitled Firearms and Violence in American Life, which concluded, "There is little reason to expect that reducing the availability of guns will cause a signifcant reduction in suicides. A person who really wants to die will find...
Moreover, the protection service of a handgun is like an insurance policy. The handgun provides constant protection against the possibility of a criminal attack, and therefore, provides a valuable service even if it is never used...