Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the thirties, a complicated "course reduction" system was in effect, by which a man who wrote a thesis needed fewer than the customary 16 courses to graduate. But the workings of the system proved so complex that at the Student Council's suggestion, the current thesis for honors was established in its stead. By 1941, however, the Faculty voted to abolish this course, but a series of wartime rulings has succeeded in keeping the system alive. Now, with the "duration" rules swept from the books, the thesis for honors course will perish unless a new vote...
...Minutest. Wedgwood spent four years figuring out how to reproduce a Roman vase in the Duke of Portland's collection, and when Sir Joshua Reynolds pronounced his copy "a correct and faithful imitation both in the general effect and in the most minutest details of the parts," he felt that the time had been well spent...
...more than a year getting Greenbrier ready. She had broken through large areas of white stucco walls and moved Greenbrier's lobby from the second floor to sub-ground level. In it she placed $4,000 worth of palms (to be replaced as needed) to give an outdoor effect. Elsewhere, she used some of her typical tricks. To make some of the cavernous rooms more cozy, she set up latticed, movable walls. A typical bedroom had sky-blue walls, Tunis-blue furniture, sea-green draperies and carpet, and touches...
...Daughter (MGM) dilutes the never-too-potent subacids of J. P. Marquand's socio-political satire into the sort of eyewash that is the chief ingredient of every "woman's picture." Marquand fans may be surprised at how easily the acid lost its effect; most moviegoers are sure to blink unhappily at what is left...
...Hampshire had a slightly better team than last year, but that didn't have much effect on Hans Estin, Charley Gregg, or Dick Bezanson. This trio racked up three, two, and three goals respectively. A brace of midfielders, Austie Lyne and Algy Allen netted the remaining Crimson scores...