Word: constantly
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Never staying in the same house for more than a few hours, Massoud lives in constant motion. Several assassination attempts by government agents and Soviet commandos have forced him to behave like a hunted man. Beyond that, overseeing an estimated 50,000 rebel fighters demands constant meetings with his commanders. Not only must the mujahedin adapt their military tactics if they are to oust the government, but they must also position themselves to determine which among the main insurgent groups will predominate once the government in Kabul falls. Though it is impossible to predict which group will be the most...
Forced to concoct a drama, Glashow chooses as his story the constant intersections of theory and observation that led to the currently held beliefs about the structure of the atom. Just as in The Double Helix, another popular scientific work about an abstract theory, the scientist's own life takes on great importance. Interactions goes beyond simply imparting Glashow's knowledge of elementary particle physics (the realm of quarks, strangeness, charm and color)in an effort to present what he terms a "scientific autobiography...
...case, we feel that there must be constant communication between the committee and MSA. We would expect the members of the committee not to hesitate to contact us in writing if they feel that they would like to further understand our position in any of the issues. Similarly, we will keep in contact with individual members so as to keep all channels open...
...politicians cannot be truly successful without being open to the press. But his experience as a reporter forces him to admit that they can avoid the press with little damage. "The Bush campaign has kept its distance from the press," he says. "The Dukakis camp started out maintaining a constant dialogue, but found out there wasn't much mileage...
...drive west along the Mexican highway, listening to my car radio and its plaintive norteno corridos (a kind of Mexican country-and-western in which unrequited love, boozy camaraderie and unfaithful women are constant themes), I wonder about the growing clamor in the U.S. for more drug interdiction programs and even a military "sealing" of the border. Could a democracy manage such an operation in peacetime? And if the U.S. Government could not stop Americans from supplying guns to Colombia's drug cartel, what hope did it have of stopping non-Americans from catering to the U.S. addiction for drugs...