Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unimpressive converted factory building across from Dunster House on Memorial Drive, a staff, is always on duty, ready to meet any University catastrophe--broken water pipes, faulty electrical circuities, and crossed telephone wires. Equally important, however, are the constant long-term alterations and improvements of University buildings and grounds...
...Department's employees, paid on an hourly basis, never face the possibility of being laid off in a slack period--one never occurs. Because of this constant work, the University rarely calls on outside help, except in such unusual cases as the Memorial Church painting, when special skills are required...
Reischauer's constant shuttles to and from the capital were almost a commuter's nightmare. After another year back at Harvard, he returned to Washington by direct agreement between President Conant and John J. McCloy of the War Department, where he taught a special language program for a year. It was difficult for a civilian to make his force felt, so that when he again found himself in Washington, he made certain it was as a commissioned officer. He never let military etiquette bother him, though: "I didn't know how to salute, or anything like that. There were always...
Enemies, including Beverly and Gloria, have grown to like each other through experimental creative altruism. In five recorded cases, this method sometimes included no more than constant friendliness and understanding. During one case, in fact, a friendship grew despite "atrocious remarks" by one subject concerning the other's clothing and personality...
...made into a movie. The present rehashing of the story about a World War I affair between a chanteuse of doubtful reputation and a Parisian sewer-cleaner has lost most of the pathetic appeal of the original. Instead, the authors introduce a trio of prostitutes for comedy relief, whose constant jokes about the state of business can seldom even raise an eyebrow and much less a laugh...