Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Lowell once remarked that if Harvard makes more mistakes than some other universities, it also accomplishes more because it attempts more of what is new and different. But the course of constant change along which Harvard has moved during the past three centuries has not been free of obstacles. Here, more than in most places, there is always one hard core or another to oppose the slightest twist of emphasis on the part of the Administration. This is not extraordinary; each individual is convinced that his method of saving the world and the University from itself is the best...
...long as our teachers regard their work as simply giving so many courses for undergraduates, Eliot said, "we shall never have firstclass instruction here. If they have to teach graduates as well as undergraduates, they will regard their subjects as infinite, and keep up that constant investigation which is necessary for firstclass teaching...
...Beacon Hill's population increased, Louisburg Square suffered a constant, if mild invasion of its private property. Contemptuous gas buggies parked in the space that was reserved for Louisburg residents. The residents were forced to recognize the new motor fad and resignedly hired a policeman to ticket illegal parkers. At times the trespassers have proved so numerous that the Proprietors have put up gates across each end of the Square to keep out inquisitive Boston...
...author discusses the unique problem of the Soviet elite who are favored beneficiaries of the system and yet forced to live under constant threat of purge...
...Soviet police organizations, designed to keep watch on others, are no less subject to scrutiny and constant inspection than the lower-classes...