Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the U.S. tries to guess at how the Kremlin estimates U.S. strength, it is obviously dealing with the probable, the possible and the fantastic. Who, for instance, can say what effect the police state mentality has on honest strategic information? Do they tell Stalin what he wants to hear? Or do they tell him the truth...
...Toronto, where Oliver Twist had been showing for three weeks, the theater manager noted little comment against Fagin, no unfavorable publicity, no effect on business. The Toronto Jewish Congress called on Rank representatives to complain, but later decided to drop the matter. "We feel," one was quoted as saying, that an Englishman has just as much right to complain about Bill Sikes." Could Rank quiet the din by reshooting some scenes in the $1,600,000 picture? It seemed impractical; there were too many shots of Fagin, and some members of the cast had scattered. Last week Rank announced that...
...hands for joy, and sat down for a good time. Now usually Waugh is excruciating and malevolent and vastly inventive. But not in "The Loved One." It is chiefly a one-joke book, and the joke isn't very good--it's about funeral parlor techniques--nor is its effect savage. So practically nothing of Waugh is there--little malevolence, less humor, and no inventiveness...
...will enable a general wage increase to go into effect," he noted. "That means a long step toward recovery--and away from the political instability De Gaulle represents...
With the two-platoon system in operation, Saturday's starting line-up depends on the toss of the coin, but assuming the Crimson will receive, the following line-up will probably go into effect as of 2:30 p.m. Saturday...