Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present, University Hall does not rank students comparatively, but Bender said that such a list could be made up if the plan goes into effect...
...plot, but this adds to the film rather than harming it. The movie is composed of six entirely unrelated episodes with the common background of war; specifically, the war in Italy. Each episode lights up one side of the conflict, giving the observer a closer glimpse into the effect of total war on ordinary, inconspicuous persons. Of the six episodes, two stand out so forcefully that they grip you, make you feel the awful futility...
...twist has generally been used as modern gloss to the standard boy-meets-girl glamor. In even the best of these, the deranged mind was merely held up as an interesting object to look at. "The Snake Pit," however, void of all hints of Hollywood glamor, achieves the startling effect of entering the diseased mind and reflecting its horrors and fears--its despair in groping in darkness for a ray of light. The mind is not exhibited but analyzed; the audience not merely understands it but feels its tensions. These powerful effects are achieved without off-focus blurs, mad music...
...streamlining of University service departments goes into effect this week when three previously separate branches are coordinated under one office. Irving B. Parkhurst, whose title is changed from Superintendent to Director of Buildings and Grounds, will head the new setup...
...much larger area. Some of the oil lies as much as 140 miles out on the Continental Shelf. Texans hoped they had taken care of that too. Since the Justice Department first brought suit against California, the Texas legislature has passed a bill declaring the Gulf of Mexico, in effect, just a Texas lake...