Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...greatest problems so far has been in changing the newcomers' basic strokes from tennis to squash, not a difficult feat, but one requiring constant practice to overcome the tendency to swing with the whole...
...pray without ceasing." He consults a number of authorities, only to come away emptyhearted until at last he meets a holy man who teaches him that to pray without ceasing is to pray the Prayer of Jesus. "The continuous interior Prayer of Jesus," the holy man says, "is a constant, uninterrupted calling upon the divine Name of Jesus with the lips, in the spirit, in the heart . . . during every occupation, at all times, in all places, even during sleep. The appeal is couched in these terms: 'Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.' One who accustoms himself...
Jodhpur's cops, under the agitated command of Police Superintendent Sobhagmal Surana, have been on constant guard at the city's cremation grounds to prevent further acts of suttee. The priest who had charge of the original Singh funeral is in jail awaiting trial for making a pyre built for two. But every day and night, crowds of worshipers throng the death site with offerings that range from coconuts to gold plate, and from all sides the halt, the near hopeless and the blind hobble into the city, seeking miracles and willing to pay the holy men generously...
...exchange crises every time the price slides. Not only is the one leg wobbly: it might some day wither altogether and go the way of dyewood, sugar, gold and rubber. Competition from the other coffee countries and from cheap-labor plantations in Africa is increasing. World overproduction is a constant threat. And there is always the nightmarish possibility that some diabolically clever chemist may wreck the market altogether by discovering a cheap, palatable synthetic substitute for instant coffee...
Burner Control. The Florence Stove Co., Chicago, Ill., has incorporated in its new models the first thermostat control for a top-of-the-stove burner. A thermostat automatically controls the gas flame, gives a constant temperature (200° to 400°) to cooking dishes. Price: from...