Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sheer necessity of having to go out and attract subscribers. It should be the job of the News to make every girl here want to read the paper. We believe that a continuation of the present compulsory subscription requirement would produce, in the long run, exactly the opposite effect. We believe that the improvement of the News in the last few weeks has been directly caused by the staff's sudden realization that the student body must be convinced of the News' worthiness. And we believe that if another year of subsidization is voted, the News will slip back into...
...United States now has a powerful battery of weapons with which to effect such a program in Europe, Mrs. Dean pointed out. Passage of the ERP bill in Congress and America's apparent willingness to support a Western European bloc can be of great help to a constructive foreign policy, she stated...
...last week against the federal government. For a moment the government staggered, then the skillful footwork of Mackenzie King got things right again. Because the case for higher rates, based on the railways' higher costs, was solid, the government stood pat; it ordered the new schedule to take effect immediately. Then it offered a concession...
...effect, Ford has designed a new Lincoln model to fill the competitive gap left by the Lincoln Zephyr, abandoned in 1941. Next week, Ben Ford will bring out his new Mercury. It has been spruced up to make it a stouter competitor to De Soto, Pontiac, and the light Oldsmobiles and Buicks. It is bigger and will probably cost more than the 1948 Mercury...
Down but Not Out. President Truman signed the Reed-Mahaffie bill, thereby ushering in a new era for financially sick railroads. The law permits roads on their uppers to reorganize under ICC supervision without going into slowpoke bankruptcy courts. ICC cannot order any reorganization into effect unless holders of 75% of the securities approve. At least three railroads-the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Lehigh Valley, and Boston & Maine-are expected to take advantage of the new law soon...