Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Constant contact with a little child can bring about a wholesome effect in an overanxious household, Dr. Perkins finds. "Attention is distracted from one's own personal problems through the outpouring of interest and affection on behalf of the newcomer . . . and it is by no means an uncommon experience for persons who have been victims of sexual frigidity to discover that the intimate responsibility and care of a little child have aroused a long postponed reaction...
...face of enormous publicity in behalf of modern style, emanating from glass, plumbing and building supply companies, from the architectural profession and its trade papers, from Hollywood in the form of a constant procession of modern cinema sets, the citizens of New York State plumped for Colonial. Only 11% expressed any desire for Modern...
Laboratory work often takes less constant concentration than does steady reading and intelligible note-taking. For this reason, it is more suited for night work for a man hard pressed for time than are many non-scientific courses. Obviously a man cannot "relax in the lab" every evening instead of getting his usual eight hours, but at least the physical movement entailed will help to keep his mind alert and on the job at hand. When these matters are taken into account, it might be considered more pertinent to close the libraries in the evenings than the various laboratories...
...scenery, for example, is exceptionally amateurish and crude. Yet the play at times attains so high a pitch of intensity that the "props" are of no importance whatsoever. More important as an obstacle to total absorption in the theme are the constant and lengthy breaks between scenes--and there are twelve of them--during which a shrill W. P. A. orchestra performs wretchedly. This reviewer, for one, would infinitely prefer complete silence and an undisturbed opportunity to develop the progression of thoughts induced by the previous scenes...
...Roberta of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus forgot to speak gently to Trilby, a one-eyed elephant, when awakening her. Trilby woke up irritably, grabbed him in her trunk, whacked him against a wall, stomped him to death. Next day circus officials reported that Trilby was in constant tears...