Word: affect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...language requirements seems as large as ever and the perennial cry of injustice is raised anew. Already a few of those who have been aptly called educational strategists are plying their trade with the list of courses and the departmental pamphlets, vaguely wondering how two o'clock classes will affect their summer dream of no college appointments before ten or after...
...primitive person of Luis Angel Firpo represents a South American invasion which Dempsey alone can stop. America's attitude toward Dempsey has changed. Dempsey is defending honor, the sporting honor of the American flag. That his defense is based solely on the fortune involved does not affect the public fancy. He is a dominant idol. Never before has he felt the spotlight glow of popularity. If he should fail to win, his goose, with all its golden eggs, is finally cooked...
While selective immigration, beginning before immigrants sail, will solve certain problems-such as the deportation of arrivals for unfitness or because they are in excess of the quotas allowed-it will not materially affect the "rush" question...
...Government modified its original stand against the Ruhr occupation. This was chiefly on account of unshakable French policy. The tenor of the note takes into account French views and is accordingly " exceedingly circumspect." The change in the attitude of Premier Baldwin is purely diplomatic and will in no way affect the British decision to isolate France in Europe as an extreme measure. To some extent a desire to revivify the Entente Cordiale is responsible for this eleventh-hour shift...
...peace. "Mussolini creates silence and calls it consent. The Cabinet forbade the publication of "news of a false or biased character calculated to hamper the Government in its diplomatic relations or damage national credit at home or abroad; articles, headlines or illustrations calculated to excite class hatred or affect discipline in public services, or favor the interests of foreigners, as against Italians, or likely to give offense to the fatherland, the King, the Pope, religious institutions and the powers of the State or friendly Powers...