Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hungarian-born Eugen Varga was a major prophet among Soviet economic seers. He undertook to make an analysis of the war's effect on the economy of capitalist countries. After patient study of the portents, he put his conclusions in a book which was not allowed circulation outside a close circle of party potentates...
Preparedness. The new constitution was hopefully designed to soothe the opposition by guaranteeing it congressional representation. It had no such effect. That night bombs went off all over the city, and Guardia patrols raced through the streets. No one was hurt; no property damaged. In a downtown doorway, an oldtime U.S. marine, who had stayed on with his Nicaraguan wife after the U.S. occupation in the 'sos, picked his teeth and said knowingly: "The Guardia's setting them off to see if it can push the opposition into playing its hand." In a nearby bar, another ex-marine...
...Today the signs of the new tyranny that seeks world domination are unmistakable. Communism is no less a tyranny than Nazism. It aims at world conquest. It hopes to effect its purpose by force. Its patterns of procedure are similar, but they go further. They seek to create unrest in all quarters of the globe and, by devious underground and underhand methods, to penetrate and undermine the established social systems of many lands...
Both Sonja and Barbara Ann subscribe to the theory that it is wiser to try a single jump and be sure of making it than to try a double jump and miss. As a result, their "free" programs-which are, in effect, ballet solos on ice-are less daring than some skaters'. But there the likeness ends. Barbara Ann usually manages to say the right thing (or at least the polite thing). When something irked Sonja, and many things did, she was more than apt to blurt: "It stinks...
Deflater. The Federal Reserve Board took another cautious step to curb inflation. It raised reserve requirements (i.e., the portion of demand deposits which cannot be used for loans) in New York and Chicago commercial banks from 20% to 22% beginning Feb. 27. In effect, an additional $500-odd million will be put into cold storage, thus shrinking credit. FRB is expected to raise reserve requirements gradually in the two big money centers to the present legal limit...