Word: constant
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Almost a celebrity in the profession of labor mediation, Dunlop receives constant invitations to mediate disputes all over the country. He specializes in "hot-tempered" industries such as construction and transportation which suffer frequent labor crises. The Secretary of Labor or the Governor of New York may ring him several times a morning for help on their emergencies. The President recently named Dunlop as Secretary of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, one of the innumerable federal appointments he has held since the time of Roosevelt. His University activities include membership on the Committee of 15 and five years...
...Constant Contempt...
Most scientists believe that pulsars emit their pulses by spinning rapidly. The time between pulses has been believed to be constant, but Drake has found that it is increasing very slightly. The energy the pulsar loses in rotation is given off as radiation; the energy loss of a pulsar is 100,000 times the energy loss...
...possibly Pynchon's Crying a Lot 49, and Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me. It is not Farina's occasional reference to Buddy Holly that makes him post-rock, but rather the impression one gets from the novel that it was written with the Stones constantly playing in the background. The book is driven by a constant mindless throb of energy...
Another major distinction of the Frost show is that a visitor can spiel on as long as he is compelling, and the host does not feel a constant compulsion to bring in disparate guests to hold his audience. Senator Edmund Muskie soloed for 37 minutes. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.-who rattled off lines like, "I am probably the only living American, black or white, that just doesn't give a damn"-holds the record so far with a run of 39 minutes...