Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After reading your article ... I have these comments to make: there is a rising tide of Puritanism in America. The last election proves it; McCarthyism proves it; the constant battering of liberals proves it; the general distrust of intellectuals proves it; and the favorable reception to your article proves it. And what is this neo-Puritanism? It is an authoritarian morality that is completely intolerant of opposition; a prudishness in support of that morality; a passive and negative philosophy of life, purporting to leave all to a God that is no less prudish (the doctrine of original sin), no less...
...Finnish subscriber is a bookselling firm called Rautatiekirjakauppa OY, a name which just fitted the 22-character limit. But the same company is also TIME'S newsstand distributor in Finland, and its name and address (Koydenpunojankatu 2. Helsinki) is a constant challenge to the stick-to-it-iveness of typists who handle their correspondence...
...Treasury's new long-term issue was designed to 1) help relieve the U.S. of its constant sorties into the money market to refund short-term issues, and 2) provide a safeguard against more inflation by boosting loan rates all around and by tapping savings as they accumulate in life-insurance companies, pension funds and savings banks. The new bonds would also probably tap some money that would normally go into the stock market...
Charles E, Wilson, Secretary of Defense, indicated recently that every effort would be made to reduce the military's manpower requirements without endangering the national security. One aim is to level off the monthly draft quotas to a lower and more constant rate...
...such a procedure, Lindsley got his dogs to work at a constant rate, each pressing the lever an average of over 3,000 times an hour. The next step was to break up the hour a day during which each dog worked into parts where the dog would sometimes not get paid off, no matter how much pressing he did on the lever. For the first 15 minutes, everything continued as before--the dog worked at a constant rate, and was rewarded at erratic intervals. Then came 10 minutes where the animal would not get paid off at all. During...