Word: constant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victory did not come without struggle. Early on Tufts dominated play as they applied constant pressure to a shaky Crimson defense. The ball remained almost exclusively in Radcliffe territory as the front line seemed unable to gain possession...
...feel the atmosphere of frenzied Fenway, a national anthem which was sung by the kids in section 33 as if it was tailor made for drunks; the pre-game crowd chatter, the constant murmur of indistinguishable jock-talk, like a quick search for a station on the car radio...
Some of the strength behind Ellison's vision of the 21st century remains in the movie. It is a vision not too removed from the present, which adds to its power: rape poses a constant threat in the United States of 1975, food is becoming scarce in many areas of the world, the desire for a return to a Golden Age of order surfaces in the editorials of small town newspapers, and the possibility of nuclear war and its aftermath has been a reality since Hiroshima. Unfortunately, the other strength of Ellison's novella, his brilliant characterization of Blood, becomes...
...embankments were 200 ft. apart, much wider than necessary for the water traffic of that day. The Israeli scientists think they know why. Writing in American Scientist, they point out that a wide channel would have made it an effective barrier against invaders from the east, a constant threat to ancient Egypt. In addition, it would have provided essential irrigation water. Could the ancient Egyptians have built such a great canal? Yes, say the geologists. After all, hundreds of years earlier the Egyptians had already tackled another project of comparable magnitude: the construction of their first pyramids...
...marriage to the pallid Rudyard ("A plant could not have been easier to relate to, or less exciting"), Aurora gaily assembles and mistreats a colorful retinue of suitors including a retired general, an Italian tenor and a bashful oil millionaire who lives in his white Lincoln. She views their constant proposals of marriage skeptically. "Men have never distinguished themselves for sexual fidelity," she says. "The poor things have short attention spans...