Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thereupon voted, 296-to-5, to "indict the Neutrality Law," urge its amendment so as to effect discrimination against treaty-breakers...
...young girl artist) "Her mother drinks, her father drinks, and it is she who has the red nose"; (of James Joyce) "an obscur whom everyone can understand." Picasso's critics do not like the way he pretends that nothing he says can have any really damaging effect. They point to this as one more symptom of spoiled-childishness which accepts the pleasant aura of fame without acknowledging the responsibility it entails...
...trends are Townsend-Skinner and Co. Inc. In collaboration with them, the TIME Index of Business Conditions was worked out on these principles.* The final weighted average of accounting ratios is based on no assumed "normal." adjusted to no economists' idea of "long term trend." It is, in effect, simply a report on how sound business was last week, a subject which TIME considers news...
...well known to the Indian scouts of the days of '49 that nothing is worse than a drunken Indian. In the unpublished correspondence of old Jim Bridger there is, in fact, a statement to the effect that "there's nuthin' wuss'n a drunk Injun." This fact is still incontestable today. More generally, it has been scientifically proved that hard spirits stunt growth; that continual imbibing results in deterioration of character; and that back of every criminal there lies an empty bottle. Furthermore, it is an obvious fact that inebriation releases inhibitions and arouses passions, thus frequently leading to unfortunate...
...principal factor that leaves him favorite over Yearling Searle. The fight in the 165 lb. class in absolutely unpredictable. Both wrestlers are in the same class, and while Bill Daughaday has had a very successful season so far, he did lose his last match. However, this may have the effect of improving his chances against Lamb. Duncan Longcope, a new sophomore in the ranks is an unknown quantity, at 175, while Boston is a slight favorite against Bergner the Navy unlimited wrestler