Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into a $40,000-a-year net asset. Ketcham's Dennis the Menace is syndicated in 112 U.S. newspapers and in 52 others all over the world. Dennis, who is not intimidated by his view of the world between a clutter of long adult legs, is the constant winner in his never-ending war with the exasperated adults who surround him. For example, he can easily undo both his mother and her tea guest by standing between them with a fur coat draped over his arms and blurting out: "I showed Mrs. Taylor your new fur coat...
...Crimson showed hustle, and its defense for the first half was again excellent. After the first half, however, Lon Rossinni's constant substituting caught up with Harvard, and its defense weakened...
News candidates will at first write squibs and headlines, gradually handling bigger stories, both sports and news. Natural writing ability is not the only criterion on the news board; interest and constant work soon smooth over technical difficulties...
...Omaha, a local drama critic gave Katharine Cornell the privilege of reviewing her own opening performance of The Constant Wife. Sample of the Cornell review: "I am afraid we were a little too swift tonight . . . But really, I do think we were all better than we were in Sioux City ... If I were to grade tonight's performance, I'd give it a B-plus...
Genghis Khan succeeded because he understood that an army of primitive horsemen could defeat civilized nations only if it kept complete discipline, constant mobility and immense hardihood. In his march through western Asia, after his conquest of China, he drove his troops over mountains 20,000 ft. high. The horses were accustomed to forage beneath the snow; the men, in extremities, would open the veins of their horses, drink someof the hot blood and then close the wounds...