Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yesterday the Crimson varsity got the effect, two and a half hours of rough work, split between defensive work against a white-journeyed "Columbia" team and offensive work against the Freshmen. It was dark by the time the team got around to "singing the bell" on the battery of tackling dummies by the Field House...
...Blanyers-Koen of Holland, the high-speed excitement of ski jumpers and bobsledders, the gruelling ordeal of the marathon, the complete mastery of corn-fed American track and field stars. Periodic shots of the crowds at Wembly Stadium have been chosen with taste and occasional wit, and the overall effect is pleasantly spectacular. The parts of the narration handled by Ted Husing and Bill Stern are not up to the work of several English commentators; but they are at least competent...
...Christian soldiers, they used a great deal of foul language in field and camp, but very little of it got beyond a few four-letter words . . ." This complaint, in which Burges Johnson concurs, would be perfectly sound if cursing were entirely a verbal matter, but it is not. Its effect is proportionate to the kidney of the curser. The four-letter banalities that bore Mr. Mencken might suffice to turn him pale when uttered in foulness of spirit. Likewise, the most horrible oaths in the language can sound like pink tea if pronounced in a sterile tone. Professor Johnson does...
Rumors have circulated to the effect that the Committee may have in mind shelving the whole matter until a later date when construction costs drop to a lower level. Saltonstall refused to answer all specific questions but did confess that he considered building expenses today "quite high...
...Harvard ensemble will be black helmets with Crimson stripes sweeping back from the front to give a Viking effect...