Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lecture, too little prodded into original work? Charles Odegaard, dean of the College of Literature. Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, felt that the answer, when he wrote a special letter to some top members of his faculty in 1955, was yes. "There is a constant threat," he warned his readers, "that our educational practices will be dictated by the lowest common denominator...
...Beckmann's Zeretelli (opposite), are typical of the individual pictorial styles and expressiveness that caught Pulitzer's eye. One of the best painters to come out of Germany in this century, Beckmann did this perceptive portrait of the ballet dancer-prince in 1927 as part of his constant effort to find "the bridge which lead from the visible to the invisible." Pulitzer bought it in Switzerland in 1939 after the Nazis, calling it "degenerate," banned it from German museums...
...luck. In a race like this week's test at Sebring, so much can go wrong that he feels luck is unusually important. The 5.2-mile course has so many tight turns and wicked switchbacks that brakes heat up and fade, clutches tend to wear out under constant shifting...
There are many causes behind the government's constant frustration and failure to produce effective policy. Basically, the difficulty arises from the absence of any potential majority in the electorate which necessitates an artificial coalition majority in parliament. These coalitions, with their tenuous alliances and uneasy combinations, tend to be unstable. Dissention often arises within the coalition, each group adhering rigidly to its principles, unwilling to sacrifice its standards to the cause of effective government. Consequently, major problems are shelved for fear of upsetting the coalition's balance, and vital programs collect dust for lack of Cabinet cohesion...
These failures and faults not only hinder France's solution of her own vital internal problems, but prevent her from participating positively in the international complex. An example of inefficiency was the constant failure to establish a consistent and coherent policy for Indo-China, resulting in prolonged equivocations and indecision...