Word: affectioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seabrook's theory: witchcraft (black magic) is potent, can kill by autosuggestion, just as psychotherapy (white magic) can rid folk of fancy-induced but very real ills. Corollaries: 1) the witch's victim must fear, perhaps unconsciously, the power of magic; 2) witchcraft can affect only human beings...
...east of Cape Hatteras, five miles wide, almost landlocked, warm, blue and beautiful, was a naval base long before it became a U. S. tourist haven. Last week Bermudians were pleased at the U. S. negotiations but memorialized their disturbance "lest some new conception of American hemispheric defense may affect the status of this ancient colony. . . . We reaffirm our unswerving loyalty to His Majesty the King. . . . We pledge our support to any agreement reached, but pray that such agreement may take heed of our deep-rooted and fervent attachment to the crown...
...Love You Again (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) proceeds on the sound assumption that a conk on the head can gravely affect a man's deportment. Conkee is prim & proper Larry Wilson (William Powell), who thus gets over an eight-year-old case of amnesia, reverts to his former character of con man cum laude. He still pretends to be Larry Wilson for the sake of bilking his small-town cronies. His wife (Myrna Loy) walks through these comic revels as cool as a julep, never quite understanding the sudden transformation of the husband she was about to divorce. The reappearance...
...London the President dispatched brilliant Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, who until recently was Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in charge of war plans. Rear Admiral Ghormley's talents fit him to watch British naval warfare, post the President on developments which affect U. S. naval strategy...
Doctors have long believed that pregnancy and confinement in adolescent girls may stunt their growth, cripple their pelvic organs, even affect their sanity. Several years ago Dr. Letitia Fairfield of London, a noted surgeon and sister of famed Novelist Rebecca West, set out to see how the facts fitted this belief. She visited London charity hospitals, examined 74 mothers between the ages...