Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...merely guides who point the way. They do not "cram" knowledge into the cadets; they draw it out of them. In other words, the cadet teaches himself. The character-forming habits instilled by the rigorous system of study are as valuable as the subject-matter learned. Self-reliance, concentration, constant application to the work in hand, all these qualities are developed, must be developed to attain success...
...ever-welcome Trixie Friganza is the headliner at Keith's this week, and her act, which consists principally of a confidential chat with the audience, finds a ready reception. Her apt characterization and expressive gestures are inimitable, while her amusing personality keeps the audience in a constant state of chuckling...
...supreme importance. So long as there is a succession of selfish military dictators, and so long as the populace remains illiterate and irresponsible, orderly traditions are impossible. A sound electorate cannot be evolved in a single year, or even in a single generation, especially in a generation filled with constant strife and revolution. Even in France, where conditions were far more favorable, a stable republic was not assured until nearly a century after the fall of the Bastile...
...much; but not enough. In his openness and generosity he has perfectly illustrated Mr. Roosevelt's remark that Yale and Harvard are "natural adversaries and therefore natural friends." The duty of association with Professor Corwin of Yale and with Dean McClenahan of Princeton has brought to Harvard chairmen constant pleasure and constant examples of good academic sportsmanship...
Under the stress of current events, at a time when the country is occupied with discussion over foreign policy and Presidential primaries, a marked diminution of interest in current literature is noticeable. While the reviews and political journals in the libraries are in constant use, the new fiction and literary magazines, as well as heavier books of lasting merit, are being neglected...