Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...myself an example of this environment . . . Unlike my brother, I was born with a good mind and an intelligence considerably above average. This is no time for false modesty; these are the facts. But the effect of the insecurity and terror caused by constant quarrels of my parents [filled us both] with bitter loathing. I was able to find some refuge from the ugliness . . . by reading incessantly and in being able to make some close friends. For Billy, such outlets were impossible...
...hours a year, can run as high as 65? a passenger mile v. an average 5½? on commercial flights. The cost can be much higher if a corporation does not dispatch the plane with all the care of a commercial airline, making sure it is in constant use. But businessmen can cite other kinds of economy, such as the case where a salesman, flown direct to a customer in a company plane, signed up a $1,000,000 order before his competition could get there on commercial lines. Planes also have become invaluable for rush deliveries. When Rynel Corp...
...church on Sundays is generally the fellow known as an "active Christian layman." Other members of the congregation glow with the satisfaction of doing their weekly Christian duty, but the active Christian layman knows that church attendance must be only the beginning of his week's witness. His constant problem: how to serve the church well without having 1) his business associates look askance at him as a do-gooder, or 2) clergymen complain that he is trying to take over their ministry...
...keeps constant check on his Ivy competitors and their admissions policies. He is willing to battle, but has perhaps taken on more competition than he can hope to conquer...
...some reason, candidates for the Cambridge City Council decided in the last election that most undecided voters were holed-up near the Harvard Yard. And so, throughout the campaign, there was a constant parade of sound trucks through the Square and down Mass. Avenue. They blared patriotic sentiment and partisan propaganda until some students began to wonder if the democratic process was so wonderful after...