Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what he could expect in the way of publicity if he were to appear in court as a defendant. It would mean taking him away from the privacy which he so much enjoys in Northampton, Mass., and subjecting him to a tremendous amount of limelight for days with constant besieging of reporters and cameramen...
...Mellon and Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Mellon was keen, experienced, hard, ruthless; Mr. Baldwin, casual, soft, easygoing, and at that time quite raw. Mr. Baldwin [today leader of the largest British party, Conservative] admits that since then he has learnt a great deal. At that time he merited his constant boast that he was only a 'simple countryman.' A business transaction at that date between Mr. Mellon and Mr. Baldwin was in the nature of a negotiation between a weasel and its quarry...
THIS volume, issued shortly before his death, is probably the last which may be expected from the late Gamaliel Bradford. Due to his constant illness, he worked very slowly, and it is unlikely that more than a few short sketches will be added to his published works. Happily the biographical studies included in "Saints and Sinners" are a fitting memorial to a writer who was exceptional in the breadth and sympathy of his interests...
...itself will not seem new or very illuminating to anyone fairly familiar with the life and work of the poet. The portrait of the Borgia, painted against the background of a blood-and-roses Renaissance (that familiar stage-set) deals too casually with the violent contrasts which from constant repitition have lost their original value...
...students and townspeople participated in a riot last night, the biggest since the University Theatre battle between police and students in 1927. The riot started in the early part of the evening and was not under control until about 1 o'clock this morning, and then only after constant efforts by police, which included the use of tear bombs and clubs. Never in the history of Harvard College has there been a riot of such extent and duration...