Word: constant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...support for the cofitras. A totally irresponsible policy. The constant attacks against us are at the will of the Reagan Administration. The Hondurans are helping to such an extent that there is a constant possibility of having a war between Nicaragua and Honduras. Without the aid of the U.S., the contras in Honduras could not survive...
...father of stress research, mapped the hormonal pathways shown in the illustration above some 40 years ago. Since then, scientists have found that stress provokes a number of even subtler chemical changes in the body that may have profound effects on health, both physical and mental. "There is a constant intertwining of stress systems," says Stanford Neurochemist Jack Barchas. "It's much like a symphony...
...library boasts a capacity of 30 million volumes, it has only four listings under "United States," the most recent a 1975 edition of U.S. Pharmacoepia. No foreign publications are on sale in Pyongyang. And at the Potonggang, the capital's newest hotel, foreigners are kept under almost constant surveillance...
...constant in Hope's day is his nightly walk. He heads for Palm Springs' main drag, which is teeming with teen-agers at 1 in the morning. It is the vaudevillian's instinct that the moment you are off the stage the audience begins to forget you, and so Hope works even here; he window-shops and scratches autographs on cocktail napkins, all without breaking his stride. Hope confesses that he's "slowing down a bit. I still need the laughs and the adulation, but I guess I can get those from my specials...
Indeed, it is too flexible. "Many people have felt there's a degree of unsettledness in the system," he added. Students, he said, were unable to form steady friendships that were not disrupted by constant, unsynchronized breaks...