Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...province of chance. In no other sphere of human activity has such a margin to be left for the intruder, because none is in such constant contact with it. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events...
...Sister Susan. [She] lived in constant, dignified horror...
...Father Sousa. He did more than anyone else to give "strangers the impression that we were engaged in a constant celebration of Bastille Day." Father was a sportsman, with "a special fondness for equipment." A trail of duffel bags and duck decoys filled the Sousa hallways. "All the best closets were quickly filled with sleeping bags, tents, canteens, fishing rods, tackle boxes. . . ." Father had a passion for the society of policemen, for presiding on committees. "After the first couple of months [he] virtually ran Chilapa, although not necessarily by consent of the inhabitants...
...affair was under the auspices of the Navy Wives Club with Mrs. Robert W. Leavenworth as chairman. Other committee members included: Mrs. William R. Yates, Mrs. H. L. Constant, Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. Lewis Levy, Mrs. R. H. Lewitt and Mrs. J. H. Reichart...
...sonic effect, he adds, is "due to a fluttering action produced by currents of air acting ... in a manner similar to the action of wind on a flag. . . . The snore tone is constant and depends on the length, density and flexibility of the moving parts.... Each soft palate and uvula must have its own individual 'flutter ratio...