Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they have all been proven false. The current rumors are no exception. During the recent war, Secretary lakes and Mr. Ralph K. Davies, deputy Petroleum Administrator (he is an excellent example of the tightly-woven mesh that connects Big Oil and the Government), issued a statement to the effect that within 20 years there would be no more...
...change in policy on student activities is reflected by the action, Associate Dean Watson declared, since "the College intends to continue its general laissez-faire attitude." All regulations will be subject to Student Council approval before taking effect...
Currently on home grounds is one of the most nearly perfect films since Edison began having bright ideas. "The Treasure of Sierra Madre" is a story about gold and the effect that it has on three men who search for it. The expedition takes place in the Mexican mountains, where bandits are more common than gold veins, so the tale is as exciting as it is psychologically curious...
...hearing from anyone, let alone a Republican governor. But Big Jim was only warming up. Hopping mad about the latest goings-on in steel, he cried: "For one of our greatest corporations and one of our most powerful labor unions to take action, however separate, which has the effect of acting in concert to further raise prices, shows a shocking disregard for public opinion and the national welfare...
...main political effect was another wave of indignation in Britain. Those Americans who had still hoped that the British could be persuaded to police the partition could hope no longer. The British would be out by May 15, and could hardly wait for the day to come. The U.S., judging from Austin's speech, had no idea of what to do next with the bloody mess it had stirred...