Word: affections
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Weinberger admits that she is mystified by the increased growth; the energy supplied by the sound waves is far too slight to account for it She suggests, however, that the sound waves themselves may produce a resonant effect in the plant cells, enabling the energy to accumulate and affect the plant's metabolism...
Strong Backing. High-tariff advocates, concerned over competition from rising imports, have laid a score of quota proposals before Congress. They could affect $12 billion, or 75% of the nation's dutiable imports: not only textiles and dairy items but also apparel, steel, shoes, glass, oil, lead, zinc, pot ash, electronic products, ball and roller bearings, meat, honey, frozen strawberries, mink fur and watches. The three major bills have impressive senatorial backing: 29 co-sponsors for oil quotas, 36 for steel and 68 for textiles-in the third case enough to override a promised presidential veto. In the House...
These two Faculty committees make decisions which directly affect the lives of undergraduates, but students have only an indirect opportunity to influence their decisions. The Harvard Policy Committee considers academic questions, and passes resolutions and suggestions on to the CEP, while the HUC serves the same role for the Committee on Houses...
...Czechoslovak directors have carried off no fewer than 35 major international prizes for their films. The Czechoslovaks are also pacemakers in new screen technology, as illustrated by two highly successful experiments at their Expo 67 pavilion. Packed audiences were all delighted with the "Kinoautomat," which enabled them to affect the outcome of a movie's plot through an electronic vote, and with "Polyvision," a technique that projected a series of synchronized patterns and images on more than 100 small, moving screens. Many people thought that the pavilion, which cost more than $10 million, was the fair's best...
Rolls' Engines. Among other things, it will sizably affect both the British and U.S. balance of payments. Each $15 million L-1011 will have three fanjet engines, two slung under the wings and a third at the base of the tail for balance and easier servicing. Competing to provide the engines were Britain's Rolls-Royce and the U.S.'s General...