Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Concerns over budgets and arms control remain relatively constant: they came in with Reagan, and will go through his second term. There are, however, many subtle changes in issues and approaches at the midpoint...
...supervised the cover package, also hope for a VCR. He already has one, but it is hooked to a master-bedroom TV and not to the one the children watch. "Parents have some privileges," he says, "but as a result, my wife and I are under more or less constant siege. And this state of affairs promises to continue, as I know for a fact that Santa is not going to come through this year...
...decades Conable played a role in the political drama, and always the events of history whispered to him "to avoid the pressures of the moment" and consider the broader perspectives. In the capital, he became a ray of wry wisdom amid the constant drizzle of somber buncombe. He toughed his way into power like the Marine he was in World War II and Korea. He became the ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee. More important, he gathered a grateful flock of admirers, among them scholars, journalists and politicians...
...very long tradition of American thought. Lasch belongs to that school of intellectuals which insists on understanding life from a theoretical point of view. This school is in the habit of frequently changing its textbooks; but the form of its message (as opposed to the matter) remains constant. Whether one is religious, Marxist, or Freudian (to take these texts in historical, perhaps hysterical order), one is in possession of the truth: the welfare of the rest of the country, whether it likes it or not, depends on its being enlightened, converted, and, afterwards, being helped to lead its new life...
...Pertini recently told a group of journalists that she is the living actress "I admire most in the movies." But despite their leader's enthusiasm, Italian audiences and critics have had a more mixed reaction to the star's latest film, Claretta, directed by Cardinale's constant companion, Pasquale Squitieri. The comely Cardinale plays Mussolini's mistress, and some think the movie is too soft on II Duce. "The film is not about Mussolini," counters Producer Giacomo Pezzali. "It is about Claretta Petacci and her family. We've concentrated on the love story between Claretta...