Word: affected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...band ("not only very wunnerful musicians but each one my very dear friend"), it roars obedient acclaim, and the band rise to their feet with the sulky air of men who know that they are only another man's gimmick. For Mr. Ray's gimmick is to affect a touching humility before the gifts divinely bestowed...
While the debate went on, many Britons, even among those who affect not to care a fig whether the young Princess marries her airman or not, found themselves caught up in it: they professed themselves sated with it, but they could not escape it. Like polite weekend guests unwillingly trapped in a family quarrel, they could not choose but hear. As the week wore on, the young Princess fulfilled her royal functions, well-armed in the impassive mask of dignity that is royalty's required uniform. In tiara and strapless pink and white gown, she helped her sister...
...common things as securing working capital, negotiating with unions, determining the corporation's course. But most of the biggest worries, says Spencer, are personal and psychological. For example, presidents worry about using their time effectively. Beset by the feeling that they are wasting precious minutes, some of them affect a "crispness of action" that verges on rudeness. Others go in for an "almost adolescent experimenting with time-saving devices," set up a "Rube Goldberg assortment of mechanical memory joggers, electronic communication systems, push-button desks." They are deeply concerned with self-improvement, e.g., 66% want to better themselves...
...said that this definitely might affect Council action on its scholarships, whose stipends now range from $300 to $500; the German exchange student program, and the beneficiary aid to needy students prominent in extracurricular activities...
Actually, no foreseeable Canadian-Soviet trade treaty would affect Canada's strategic embargoes, which are set up under agreement with the other NATO powers. And Canada's nonstrategic trade with Russia, never greater than $5,000,000 a year in either direction since 1946, seems unlikely to grow much; the two countries, similar in geography and geology, export many of the same products...