Word: constant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basketball team into a more exciting, competitive style of play, McLaughlin works with a "constant-motion" offense. By keeping the team from standing around, he hopes to create more action on the court and more excitement for the fans...
...where $2 billion changes hands each year, security guards crawl along steel catwalks and watch for cheaters through one-way ceiling mirrors. Near by, cashiers match bingo winners against a computerized list of more than 4,000 cards. Players who switch cards, load dice or pinch bets pose a constant threat to profitability. So does the danger of thievery by employees: to discourage theft, cash from the company's 3,900 gaming tables and slot machines is counted under the watchful eye of closed-circuit television cameras. To prevent overstaffing in the casinos-another potential drain on profits-head...
...pressures for the continuation and constant acceleration of the normal American life are immense. There is not only the stubborn impulse of national habits; in numerous ways the American is stimulated to get more, go more, buy more, use more and enjoy more-all of which usually burns more energy. Peer pressure and advertising also help to inspire countless energy-using activities. Status seeking has not ended in the U.S. simply because books about it are no longer popular. To many, the big car remains an object of envious ad oration, and everywhere Americans still keep up with the Joneses...
...Charles, breezing along past the Boston skyline, the only sounds you hear are the flapping of the canvas sails and the constant slap-slap-slap of water on the hull. Sailboats, after all, are very quiet vehicles. As a rule, so are the people who sail them--no one, for instance, has ever accused the Harvard sailing team of dominating the sports pages of any local newspaper. But the Crimson squad, in its own unobtrusive way, has been making a lot of noise...
...process is one of constant revision for the two, developing what they think will be a beautiful and winning dance routine. The toughest part is getting the two halves, male and female, together...