Word: affectedly
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Derco, the Fish-Goddess,was worshipped as Maiden-Goddess; and had therefore been careful to dally only with mortals, impotent as they were to affect her divine virginity. But Linus, secretly sired by a god, fecundated the unsuspecting Derco, much to her chagrin. Her temple was burned; her worshippers vowed they had suffered enough of her whims, and would choose themselves "a grave and reasonable man-god." Such is the pliability of human nature, that they soon built her a grander temple, while they chanted that virginity is silly anyway. Linus married the offspring that had caused the disturbance. "Little...
...words of the Pope do not affect the Roman Question . . . [but Catholics must remember] that it is the prerogative of the Pontiff alone to deal with this...
Further action of the Department will decide whom the change will affect. Sophomores concentrating in Physics will work under the Tutorial System next year, the change being extended to include Juniors the year following, and at some time in the future. It is not yet decide whom the change will affect, be optional with Juniors and Seniors next year...
...adoption does not mean that any great change will take place in the work covered by this Department, but it will affect only the mechanism of the field, serving to bind the whole together and give an opportunity for more individual work and personal contact with the instructors. Besides the men now in the Department who will act as tutors, two new men will be appointed...
Flood Control. Directly affecting the Treasury, and therefore the degree of wise tax reduction, is the most pressing extra-budget item of all flood control in the Mississippi Basin. The Administration's $296,400,000 program, of which the States benefited were to pay $37,080,000, besides furnishing rights of way, was scrapped in February by the House Committee on Flood Control and replaced by an expansive $473,000,000 program, to be borne entirely by the U. S. This measure President Coolidge promised to veto. Senator Jones of Washington then tried his hand at the problem...