Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After all the outery that followed Mr. Santayana's novel, to the effect that he was making fun of the Boston character, it is nice to see the truth at last revealed, all stark and naked: that the Boston character makes fun of itself--really...
There is no denying the fact of specialization and its progressive intensity. But there is likewise no denying its miring effect on the intellect and the crusty narrow insolence of the specialist who may know his field but little else. The theme is all-pervading, whether the man be a worker turning one bolt on a factory belt or a student of history endlessly annotating the private life of Napoleon...
...birth. Hitherto the study of scientists has been directed primarily toward the facts of their discoveries, Mr. Crowther pointed out, and it has not touched upon why such a discovery was made in one place and at one time rather than at any other time and place, or what effect such a discovery had on current thought...
Berle's summary of the Conference was largely based upon ten minute reports previously submitted at this meeting by the undergraduate chairman of the five round tables. Although each of the chairmen prefaced his remarks with a statement to the effect that few definite conclusions had been reached by the conferees, Mr. Berle was able to pick out several trends of thought which seemed fairly universal for all five groups...
Until yesterday we didn't think so. But today we do. For the undergraduates, judging by what we've heard, have sunk to a state of bestial oblivion as far as the bard is concerned, and Harvard Hall, despite the English department's effect to fill in the gap, is cold,-bare ruined choirs where late the sweet bird sang...