Word: constant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...showed a current moving in the opposite direction to the current in fair-weather areas. The scientists figured that all the thunderstorms going on at one time generate a net current of about 1,500 amperes, just enough to balance the drain and keep the earth's charge constant...
Jerusalem may be the most dramatic problem facing the United Nations Trusteeship Council, but it is certainly not the only one. The non-self-governing parts of the world, especially Africa, have been a constant dilemma since the establishment of the Council...
...project? Naturally he is limited to some extent by the lack of funds; but the Modern Language Center was conceived as a student activities center for one small segment of the University. The clubs that hold their meetings there now formerly met in the Houses, which meant a constant moving around. Berrien calls Phillips Brooks House "too somber." The Center is bound to remain just that so long as Berrian, an interesting and interested man, is in charge. He wants nothing big. His crying need at the moment is merely for a piano
Although the temperature outdoors these days is considerably below this pleasant level the caretakers over at Hemenway gymnasium must try to maintain a constant 70 degrees every afternoon from 2:30 p.m. on. Coach Jack Barnaby and his squash team swing their stunted tennis racquets at the little black ball and expect it to bounce back with a normal velocity...
Watson replied that, though he hoped the rules would not be too legalistic, they should be elaborate enough so that once an organization complies with them and is recognized by the College it will be secure and in no worry of constant Deans office intervention...