Word: constant
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...ergometer, you see, is the rowing world's answer to running in place. It is a machine which simulates on-the-water rowing, with two notable exceptions. First, the machine doesn't go anywhere so the rower is in a constant upstream battle to maintain his or her power throughout the "erg-piece." And the second damning quality of this mainstay-in-the-winter-wonderland-of-rowing is its ability to spit back a "strength score" into the face of the vanquished rower...
Malin also notes that the amount of financial aid given to foreign students has remained constant over the past few years. Proportionally more foreign students are on scholarship than nonforeign ones, since foreign families which maintain an upper middle class standard of living still may not be able to afford Harvard's tuition...
...divided into two busloads, one called the Saints (for nonsmoking Mormons) and the other the Sinners (for tobacco-loving musicians). The conductor, affectionately nicknamed "Big Mo" by his players, usually travels by car, avoiding any show of favoritism; although a non-Mormon, he is also a nonsmoker. If constant traveling does breed a unique togetherness, it also reveals the peculiar schism between the Mormons and other members of the orchestra. Aboard the Saints' bus, the majority of passengers are women, mostly string players who have been with the orchestra for years. Mormon prayer books are much in evidence...
...simply accumulate like a lowering smog, until one day they call the moving van. Scott Snowden, a graduate of Berkeley's law school, could have landed a job in one of San Francisco's better law firms. But Snowden found himself growing wearier and wearier of "the constant roar in the city, the intensity and impersonality of it." With his wife, he decamped to St. Helena, a tiny town in the Napa Valley wine country. He still earns less than $15,000 a year, but he can fish for bass in the local ponds and at night hears...
...Taking the time" is a constant theme of city people moving to small towns. They are almost bewildered that the townspeople have the time, and are willing to use it, to be helpful. After Mrs. Bernie made only two visits to the local Sears, Roebuck store, a clerk remembered her name, her children's ages and clothing sizes. Other assets: fruit and vegetables bought from neighboring farms, including a wonderfully fresh local apple juice. Down in Los Angeles, says Bernie, "socially you had to have a swimming pool. Here everyone goes to the Y." In Los Angeles, "you could...