Word: affected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Supreme Court of the District of Columbia last week handed down a decision which, if upheld by the Supreme Court of the U. S., may deeply affect relations between the U. S. and hydroelectric companies...
...Flutter" is the name given to a rapid, rippling vibration which most commonly affects the unsupported wing of a monoplane, sometimes causing it to tear apart, but which at high speeds may affect the tail. Working with a model of the crashed plane, the investigators found it could not have flown fast enough to produce tail-flutter. But at slow speeds, they discovered, the plane's low wing could set up wicked eddying currents which wrenched the tail up and down, destroying all control. This they called "buffeting," and concluded it had sent the Junkers into its fatal dive...
...care of the baby teeth as a means of preventing more serious trouble in later life. Miss White on Friday will tell what foods should be eaten to build strong teeth and develop the jaws. Dr. Thom on January 20 will talk about habits in young children as they affect the growth of the teeth. Dean Miner on January 23 will tell what will happen to children if the advice given in the preceding talks is not followed. Dr. Wilinsky on January 27 will show how necessary dental treatment is at this time as a means of preventing general diseases...
...Whitman, Poe, Mark Twain, William James. I myself am a great admirer of Emerson and James. In the field of statesmanship Washington, Franklin and more lately Roosevelt are names which arouse our admiration." Bolshevism: "Our trade relations with Russia are of economic value to us, but they do not affect our internal policies. Fascism and Bolshevism are still at the antipodes, both in theory and practice. Proof of this is afforded by appeals, constantly sent out to the proletariat of the world by the Third International at Mos cow to fight Fascism to death." Idleness. "Unemployment is causing anxiety...
...tenderest freshmanhood it develops, nor ought we to affect surprise. Almost everything about the usual university works toward making him feel small; instead of seeing an establishment got up for him and ingratiatingly placed at his disposal, it appears rather to delight in minimizing his importance--with the natural result. Dwindling in his own eyes, he reasserts himself, though that is at first a bit difficult. He cannot subtract one cubit from the stature of those collegiate halls whose very size and costliness and grandeur overawe and humiliate him. He cannot lighten by so much as an ounce the pressure...