Word: constant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea that 18th century music should be played only on 18th century instruments is based on a faulty assumption: that there are two homogeneous and isolated categories of musical instruments, period and modern. Instruments have always changed because musicians want the best ones they can find. This constant search for refinement is part of the innermost soul of living music...
...that its forces had decided not to shell military positions in which the Lebanese Army and the multinational force had a joint presence. That seemed to be good news, since it applied to a large number of military locations throughout the capital and could have freed Beirut from the constant threat of shelling from the mountains. That night, in fact, the city was peaceful for the first time in almost a week. But next day the shelling resumed, once again striking positions around Beirut International Airport and outlying sections of the city. In response, a U.S. warship fired directly into...
...Justice Department's highest hurdle. "The problems confronting enforcement are staggering," says Tampa-based U.S. Attorney Robert Merkle, who brought the charges in the most recent Warren case. "People held in these conditions are physically and psychologically coerced. They are reluctant, unwilling witnesses. They live in a constant position of intimidation. These people are de facto slaves. And we are beyond the point where we can tolerate having slaves in our society...
...national movements, leaders hasten to add, couldn't have gotten this far without constant pressure from student groups whom they credit as the real leaders of the national movement. Indeed they say the current spate of activism across the country is a direct outgrowth of student protests in this country during the late 1970s sparkled by the bloody riots of Black high school students in Soweto, the Black township outside Johannesburg...
...many members insist that it takes a full year just to learn how the Harvard portfolio operates. This year, for example, seven of the 14 members will be leaving. Noel McGinn, a lecturer at the Graduate School of Education who is one of the outgoing members, says that this constant turnover prevents the ACSR from passing on a coherent policy on investment from year to year...