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persistent
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The Devil in the White City
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- "The parlors and bedrooms in which honest folk lived were (as now) rather dull places," wrote Ben Hecht, late in his life, trying to explain this persistent trait of old Chicago.†
p. 11.9
- It was this big talk, not the persistent southwesterly breeze, that had prompted New York editor Charles Anderson Dana to nickname Chicago "the Windy City."†
p. 14.1 *
- His great flaw was his persistent demand that she allow him to make love to her, not as a lover in formal courtship but in that way that was supposed to come only after marriage.†
p. 41.1
- He wanted the best architects America had to offer, not just for their talent but also for how their affiliation instantly would shatter the persistent eastern belief that Chicago would produce only a country fair.†
p. 77.8
- The exposition promised to surpass the Paris exposition on every level—every level that is, except one, and that persistent deficit troubled Burnham: The fair still had nothing planned that would equal, let alone eclipse, the Eiffel Tower.†
p. 134.3
- "All over its surroundings," reported Rudolf Ulrich, his landscape superintendent, "material of any kind and all descriptions was piled up and scattered in such profusion that only repeated and persistent pressure brought to bear upon the officials in charge could gain any headway in beginning the work; and, even then, improvements being well under way, no regard was paid to them.†
p. 167.7
- FOR HOLMES, DESPITE THE PERSISTENT deep cold of the first two months of 1893, things never looked better.†
p. 198.1
- One of the most persistent problems of the day was "offensive feet," caused by the prevailing habit of washing feet only once a week.†
p. 211.5
- Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars.†
p. 241.3
- He bristled at the persistent belief that John Root deserved most of the credit for the beauty of the fair.†
p. 377.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(persistent) continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)