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Word: constantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Last year he used two steel cylinders, equipped with small platinum balls, pendent in a 35 foot pit. By measuring their mutual attraction and regarding the earth's pull as a constant, he could discover a unit in which to compute the earth's attraction. This time his steel cylinders are equipped with small glass balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of the Earth | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...even into a winter of gymnasium work-outs the player is harassed by a sense of duty, he is urged to devote his best efforts and his best thoughts to perfecting himself in the gridiron art, and he is told never to let his mind wander form the constant objective of all this work--victory in the big games of the coming season. Surely this is placing an emphasis on football all out of proportion to its importance in the life of any college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPRING FOOTBALL | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...create a regime of authority with a strong Government possessing ample powers but founded on the masses and keeping close to the masses. . . . All who have Fascismo at heart wish to create a regime whose ruling class can always draw from the people the men necessary to its constant renewal. . . . The problem of government cannot be solved by trusting in the illusory dogma of popular sovereignty, but it can be solved by the wise choice of a few leading statesmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Democracy Discarded | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...awarded by the Harvard Athletic Association to the winner and a silver medal to the runner-up. Originally, handball was a recreative elective sport for Freshmen, but so much interest has been shown by both Freshmen and upperclassmen, that the ten courts provided for this game have been in constant use. This year the tournament open to all the members of the University was held, and according to the H. A. A., will be continued in future years as a regular activity in the intramural program. Thirty-six men entered the final tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KRAVE CONQUERS LEVY IN HANDBALL TOURNEY FINALS | 3/9/1928 | See Source »

Captain J. L. Pool '28, No. 1 man on the University team, provided an upset in the finals of the state amateur tournament when his speed and constant playing to his opponent's backhand gained him a victory in three straight sets over M. P. Baker '25 of the B. A. A. holder of the national amateur crown for the year 1926-27. Pool was beaten in the National Championship Tournament in Philadelphia, February 12 by the present champion, H. N. Rawlins '27. The experience and coolness of Rawlins was put to test in five gruelling matches before he overcame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD AND YALE TO CROSS RACQUETS TODAY | 2/18/1928 | See Source »

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