Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disadvantages of the hydraulic stage are caused by the constant change of occupants in the American theatre. The owner of a theatre does not produce plays in it himself but leases it to a producer for a percentage of the receipts. As expensive new machinery from which he himself would get no additional money...
...annoyances of studying in the Library is the constant buzz of conversation going on all over the hall. Part of this is entirely needless and part, at present, is unavoidable. A considerable portion of the patrons of Widener are day students who have no other place to get together except the Union,--and the Union, however democratic and universal, has dues. Also it is somewhat out of the way as a place to drop in between classes. Accordingly, the only common place of meeting left is Widener...
...raised over the malfeasance and misfeasance in the borrowing of books from the Library, has somewhat obscured a point in the administration of Widener, which, under present conditions, is a constant source of inconvenience to a considerable body of students. In Widener, Room O, the reading-room of the Division of History, Government, and Economics, is at present open on weekdays from 9 to 5, on Saturdays from 9 to 1, and on Sundays not at all. In Room O are kept books constantly in demand by men concentrating in this division and not to be found elsewhere...
...buildings. In fact these dormitories were the most antiquated structures that we have unearthed, and were evidently built much earlier than most of the other edifices. They were constructed largely of wood; the entrances were narrow and the stairways and passages so obstructed that there must have been a constant firemenace. In fact, one of the ruins we discovered was only a heap of charred stones, indicating destruction not merely by the ravages of time but by fire...
...studies seriously, and who is looking ahead to higher degrees in his field will find in the meetings of the Conference a valuable opportunity. The advantages to be gained from any workshop or technical laboratory of this sort have been proved too often to be open for dispute. The constant exemplification of methods used in study and research is fully as desirable in the field of literature as it is in that of history, the classics, or the drama...