Word: constant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rivers and the jungle trails that make up the infiltration routes. By July, the middle of the arid winter season, the water holes will have dried up; the soldiers will have to quench their thirst at the stagnant pools buffaloes use for wallowing. Ticks, fleas and horseflies are constant irritants, and at night elephant herds have been known to lumber blindly through troop positions. But the main hazard is the growing number of guerrillas coming across the borders. Says one major: "No army has ever had to fight a guerrilla war like this, on a one-to-one basis...
...human brain and the rest of the central nervous system are immersed in a bath of cerebrospinal fluid, which must remain at a constant pressure. Anything that causes a significant increase in that pressure-a brain tumor, a hemorrhage, a bad head injury-may be fatal unless the fluid can be drained off in time...
Taking the play to the Crimson in the third period as they had in the first, Bowdoin applied constant pressure to the Harvard defense for the first five minutes, but Rogers chilled their sticks with two consecutive diving stops of shots destined for crease-bound forwards...
...jail between 1971 and 1975 has proved equally skilled at politics. The Chicago machine trembled at the prospect of a prosecutor as Governor, but he has allayed their fears. "I made a special effort to get along with the Democrats," he explains, "because everybody was tired of the constant fighting. I wanted to show them that I was not afraid of compromise and that I was not the holder of all wisdom...
Here's something for the hard core debate addicts. The Harvard High School Debate and Speech Tourney is being held from 8 a.m. Saturday through 10 p.m. Sunday. All 80 classrooms under the auspices of the FAS and then some will be in constant use by the 170 teams from around the country vying to reach the finals on Sunday...