Word: affected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these latter-day Edenites take their antics in the altogether solemnly, if not sadly. ... All nonnudist reporters on the life at a nudist camp find it insufferably dull. They are diverted by nothing about it so much as the quiet but firm sway of the proprieties over groups that affect to live like nymphs and fauns. The truth of the matter seems to be that the average nudist is a puritan. . . . He notes with triumph that he experiences no wicked reactions to visions that are allegedly wicked. This indulgence may seem thoroughly absurd; but when the League of Decency sets...
Although the contest between Arthur W. Todd '35 and Thomas H. Hunter '35 for third marshal was even closer, the recount did not affect their showings...
With troops marching along European borders, thunderclouds forming over the Saar, Japanese diplomats threatening to serap the Washington Treaty, the eyes of the world are turned to the small knots of statesmen at London and Geneva whose current decisions will materially affect the security and peace of the world. In order to understand the problems which these groups must solve, it is essential to recognize what one writer has called "the dualism of international diplomacy...
...Orator for next June has already been selected. It is true that nothing can be done to change the system of choosing a man for such a position in time to affect the choice this year. But a progressive step might be taken by the Class of 1936 which is as important in its effect on the populace as any utterance during the graduation exercises...
...Doorway" shows two doors opening into a short hallway. The doors have no distinguishing latches and the only feature which might differentiate top from bottom is the beamed ceiling. Even this factor does not seriously affect the picture when it is hung upside down...