Word: constant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reversed to a large extent as regards war. The gigantic preparation that is necessary,--in ways of transportation, cantonements, supplies, etc., before we can really take care of the big armies which are to come in the next few years, are almost inconceivable. My one constant hope is that the desire to enter the fight as soon as possible will not cause some of these preparation to be hustled or slighted. Everything up front depends on the efficiency of the forces in the rear...
...decrease in representation is shown throughout the country. Two states Mississippi and Wyoming, have no representatives this year. One state, Arlzona, has increased, while Oregon remains constant. Of the states having a large enough number of students here to be representative, California has suffered the greatest decline, having lost 64 per cent, of its number. Missouri follows with a decrease of 58 per cent., and next comes Illinois, with 54 per cent. Massachusetts is reduced by a fourth of its usual number...
...everybody's occasional and unnatural desire to be himself explains most of the perplexing contradictions we see all about us. The only thing that does more general damage is everybody's constant desire to make every one else like him. New York...
...German sheels, seeking out the English batteries, whining past us and then exploding with a loud report, throwing high into the air great columns of earth and smoke. Further and further we made our way up towards the front line trenches; finally at a point under almost constant shellfire we found a little Y. M. C. A. dugout. It was very filthy and small, with almost no accommodations; and yet here we found a secretary unflinchingly sticking by his post, in spite of the fact that in this dugout twice during the preceding week an orderly was killed...
...success the Corps achieved last summer was due in very large measure to his untiring efforts as Commandant. It would have been difficult to find a better man for the job. His solid ability and conscientious service won the respect of the cadets, and his consideration and constant good nature won their affection. By tact and good judgment he was able to be exacting and at the same time beloved. More important, perhaps, he presented to young men of an age when example counts quite as much as precept a conspicuous instance of what a soldier's life should...