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Word: constant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...survived the ball change well enough to gain All-Ivy status his sophomore and junior seasons. This year, however, chronic knee and elbow injuries dimmed Havens's performance, and the Kirkland House resident managed only a 5-3 dual match record. But his struggles, as Desaulniers notes, "became a constant motivation for the team, because above all else John is a team...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Ivy League Squash: Why Are the Tigers Winning? | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Northeastern buzzed around the Harvard cage throughout the frame, and this, coupled with the Crimson's inability to clear (Now where have I written this before?), sparked some strong play in the cage by Nelia Worsley. The Gumpess stopped six shots in the second and gave notice to her constant improvement during her rookie season between the pipes...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Huskies Stop Icewomen, 4-0 In Women's Beanpot Opener | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

Except for a change to a stiffer and longer pole, his style has remained more or less constant, although the Eliot House senior did have to make some adjustments since the short runway in Brigg's Cage cut more than 35 feet off his approach...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Geoff Stiles: Pole Vaulter With Style | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...sure, Carter and his people do not talk that way in their major messages delivered around the world. But even while declaring that the U.S. intends to remain on top, the uncertain U.S. response to events and the constant babble of background doubts have created the aura that we just may be tired of trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: How to End Up No. 2 | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...constant referrals in the Soviet press to China's "Nazi aggression" and "Peking blitzkrieg" are calculated to stir up traumatic memories of the devastation and suffering caused by the German invasion. Very few Soviet citizens are aware that the Chinese army is not designed, trained or equipped to invade Soviet territory. As perceived by the Soviets, their Chinese neighbor constitutes a potential plague of locusts, voracious and unstoppable. Said one senior Soviet official duck" TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Bruce Nelan last week: "Try to imagine how you would feel if Mexico had a billion people, nuclear weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Shades of Genghis Khan | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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