Word: constant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suddenly felt something sharp pierce me. I could not move or cry out. Then, slowly, almost creeping along, I reached Andrei's nitroglycerine pills by the side of his bed. The pain subsided after a moment, and I could call Andrei and lie down. That was the start of constant nitroglycerine and other medicine. I still had bouts of nausea and incredible weakness. Since I am a doctor, I did everything for myself -- patient and doctor at the same time. I knew it was a heart attack, but I tried to deny it subconsciously...
Meanwhile Asian-Americans at Harvard haveincreased from 6.3 percent of the Class of '83 to12.1 percent of the Class of '90. Hispanicenrollment has remained constant at slightly morethan 5 percent, the figures revealed...
...spectators vividly remember. His Williams turns out to be less a physical reincarnation than a psychological interpretation, and on that level it engrossingly succeeds. From the start, Williams' art was personal, almost claustrophobic in its griefs and grudges; yet his chosen literary form, the drama, required the constant presence of others to act and direct and design his plays, above all to receive them. Stricklyn gives poignant life to Williams' yearning for the world to look on him, and also for it to look away...
Themsa Vilakazi, chairman of executivecommittee of ANC, the outlawed South Africanopposition group, said, "I think to have theembarrassent of constant demonstrations" atHarvard helped contribute to the decision...
...never a period when some kind of "alternative press" did not attempt to report the facts and challenge the misinformation published by the government. In the later stages of the regime, such alternative press took the form of small newspapers that operated from day to day under the constant threat of closure or arrest or paramilitary terrorism. But throughout the whole Marcos regime, there was always what may be described as the "Xerox media" and the "Betamax media." News items and opinion columns in U.S. newspapers and magazines were widely photocopied, and U.S. national newscasts were lifted in videocassettes, smuggled...