Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would ever enter the lower pool, its gates being opened only when its contents were above sea level. Thus there would be maintained a continuous fall of water over the power dam from the upper to the lower pool, a fall which Engineer Cooper estimates would produce a constant output of between 500,000 and 700,000 h. p. convertible into some 3,268 millions kilowatt hours a year. (Muscle Shoals, largest plant, turns out 700 million...
...letter from so far away will probably surprise you, but I am a constant subscriber to TIME and find it useful as a summary of current events. Your writers however should make sure of their facts before publication. In your issue of June 8, Page 6, under the heading COMMONWEALTH, you state that in connection with the 60th birthday of King George there was no official holiday in the Dominions beyond the seas. This is incorrect. In this country, June 3, King's Birthday, is a statutory holiday and is observed as a close holiday by all Government offices, banks...
...servants numbering at least 20. He and his suite occupied the whole fifth floor (100 rooms) of the Savoy Hotel on the Strand, for which he is said to pay $1,000 a day. Two special Indian cooks prepare his food and a fleet of 20 limousines waits in constant attendance. A new elevator in scarlet and Chinese lacquer was installed for his especial benefit and, by throwing several rooms together, a throne room was made on the fifth floor. Evidently the Maharaja is staying for some time...
...alien living on the other side; and when, after taking all your natural resources, shipping them to the United States and selling them back to us as manufactured products, the hearts and souls of your children are turned American by the influence of their art, their literature and constant close association, it is time to ask ourselves what we are coming...
Engaged. Margaret Kennedy, 28, author of The Constant Nymph, to one D. Davies, London barrister. Under the guidance of Thomas Hardy, she is working on a new novel...