Word: affected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...word 'stone' can never have the affect of the object. To say, 'I shall pull your nose' may be as effective in producing anger as to carry out the threat. A man's mouth waters when he first eats a lemon, then when he sees another eating it, then when he hears the word 'lemon'. When this occurs he has learned the meaning of the word. It is astonishing (with references to Pawlow,) how much you can tell by watching a dog's mouth water. I certainly think this idea of the conditioned reflex largely covers the question of meaning...
...propose to start an invasion of the U. S. market, merely wanted "a binding agreement which would prevent competition in such severe form that manufacturers would suffer." If it should materialize, the cartel would necessitate the formation of an export association in the U. S., could not affect competition in the domestic market...
...politicians with regard to the Army game was not stirred by a lack of sympathy with the needy but by existing conditions in the University. In this case there can be no precedent established for politicians to call on Harvard teams to help charity, nor does it affect the low treasury of the Harvard Athletic Association. Here the desire to help where there is need is not off-set by circumstances which are present in the University...
...decision of Cambridge municipal authorities to erect a new fire station on the site of the Rogers Building will in all probability not affect the Cambridge School of the Drama during the current academic year, A. R. Lovejoy, director of the School, stated yesterday...
...publicist. He did not primarily urge the purchase of a Packard or any other motor car. He did indict idle money. He cited the well-known statistics of raw materials consumed by the motor industry to show that "the motor car dollar will go more places more quickly, and affect more people for quick relief than any other dollar. ... It can well become the 'self-starter' for better business and greater prosperity...