Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shots are being fired in the present Battle of Italy; but if the Communists win Italy in a free election, that will have an effect equal to the fall of Singapore and Manila in World War II. It would take years and billions of dollars and thousands of lives to retrieve the loss of Italy...
Over Communist protests, a resolution was adopted, asking for establishment, throughout all Berlin, of habeas corpus, now existent only in the U.S. sector. It would be submitted to Berlin's four-power administration, and would have no effect whatsoever...
...Besides being logically ridiculous, the statement's implications are patently false. At least six of the nine speakers are well known to be unqualifiedly opposed to Communism; four of them prefaced their speeches with declarations in support of the Marshall Plan; three of these represented groups which in effect bar Communists from membership. In the light of these facts, the reference to the "true sentiments" of "most of the speakers" appears to be somewhat on the shady side of the truth...
...increase in tuition income has therefore loomed as a last resort. About half of this increase will be made necessary by the drop in enrollment next fall. Whether or not it is wise to lower enrollment at this time in view of its effect on the tuition rate is a complicated issue with strong arguments on both sides. But the fact remains that even if the student body remained at its present size, a substantial tuition rise would be necessary...
...First effect of a compulsory Activities Fee would be the assumption of a subtle power by the people distributing the funds--whether the Student Government or the Administration. At other colleges throughout the country it has been proved consistently that making activities dependent on a general fund leads finally, despite good intentions, to some control by the administrative body that collects and dispenses the money and therefore feels some responsibility for the way it is spent. Limitations on the independence of the organizations must inevitably result...