Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Earl G. Latham '30, visiting professor of Government, in a brief talk preceding Williams' address, questioned whether Congress had provided the decisive liberal leadership which was predicted when a large margin of Democrats was elected in 1958. Williams later held that the constant complaint of "inflation" put a damper on everything the Congress sought...
Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey: "The Hurtling Hubert is a missile of extremely long range. In a test firing last year, the Hurtling Hubert actually reached Soviet Russia, where its communication system kept running at top speed for eight consecutive hours. It is in constant television contact with the earth. Its fuel supply was developed largely in the mid-1930s, and some scientific circles feel a more modern source of thrust is needed...
...Napoleon and his retinue on St. Helena is a kind of tragicomic parody of those scenes in Shakespeare where the king moves his court to some enchanted forest to frolic and philosophize. In a graphic, day-by-day account of the exile years, Historian Ralph Korngold reveals the constant bickering and backbiting of the Napoleonic entourage. Napoleon himself, argues Korngold, may have been hounded to a premature death by the erratic restrictions and petty cruelties of the British governor, Sir Hudson Lowe, a fussy, indecisive simpleton...
...advantage of the Newton Plan lectures is that a teacher's time can be used more effectively, for if a teacher has several classes that are required to attend lectures, he is freed from the necessity of preparing an alternative class or even from attending the lecture once its constant has been determined. The time thus saved can be used by teachers for research, conference remedial work with individuals, and for teaching small discussion seminars...
...lines of action is that Ruth and Joanne are roommates (they met in a restaurant). Joanne and Company sweep on stage, bare their shallow souls, and exit. From the other side rushes Ruth to deliver a monologue on her own crisis. As she exits, reenter Joanne. Result of this constant shifting of action is that the viewer tends to disregard the plot(s) altogether, which is probably the best thing...