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Word: constantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...itself. It can be contained in bags and permits the ship to carry a paying load in place of the many tons of gasoline which used to be an essential weight. Furthermore, as its specific gravity is nearly the same as air, its consumption does not necessitate a constant shifting of ballast as in the case when tanks of liquid fuel are being emptied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Blue Gas & Hydrogen | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

With all their disadvantages, the old panaceas for more courts, more Supreme Court justices, divisional sittings, have been revived since the Great War. Failing a Lord Chancellor (equivalent to a Ministry of Justice), leadership for reform is unofficial, and the less effective. Constant reform, however, is inevitable: "Law and courts are instruments of adjustment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: More Power to Them | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...handball courts a: Hemenway Gymnasium have been in constant use since the opening of College, and the two new golf nets which were installed last year have attracted a number of linksmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEMENWAY GYMNASIUM ACTIVE WITH VARIED FALL SPORTS | 10/2/1928 | See Source »

What was one of Coach Horween's most constant and perplexing problems last fall seems to be reasonably well solved this year. To be without quarter-backs who have had experience and possess a thorough knowledge of the game is an almost insuperable disadvantage to any team, however good it may be in other departments; and by the same token to have a staff of capable quarterbacks is an asset which cannot be overestimated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/29/1928 | See Source »

...backs for each half. Mason and Potter both saw a good deal of action in the 1927 season, while Batchelder starred for the undefeated Freshman team which took Yale into camp 6 to 0 last fall. Mason is of the speedy, rangy type of back who is a constant threat on the offense. Batchelder's strong points number besides an unusual ability for open field running, a well educated toe which can be counted upon to do its share of the punting this fall. To team up with these two, a heavy good interfering and tackling back is what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

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