Word: effect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...might have used his jaws to better effect in chewing out his mediator in the steel strike, who accomplished nothing; or his President, whose threats of intervention worried only the unions; or his President again, for invoking the Taft-Hartley act, which will do precious little good...
Still, if the casting of the two main roles was far from perfect and the performance in the pit highly unsatisfactory, the general effect did not lack tension and emotional impact. Credit this to the generally competent singing in both major and minor roles (in fact, the shepherdess, Taeko Fujii, was perhaps the most impressive vocalist of all), a well-prepared chorus, and Miss Caldwell's inventive and skillful staging of the main scenes...
Labor Law Takes Effect...
...shares and up, depending on the price of the stock and length of the option. Usually those who sell puts and calls offer them at different prices and for varying periods, thus lessen the chances of loss when options are exercised. "This," says Filer, "produces the same effect as an insurance company insuring thousands of houses against fire." With many options, the odds favor the seller, and he can receive enough premiums in one year to provide a fat return on his stocks...
...committee's recommendations must be accepted by the Department Faculty and passed by the Committee on Educational Policy. Cochran's co-member, John W. Pratt, assistant professor of Statistics, said that "it is likely the plan can be devised and submitted to the CEP by spring, and go into effect in the fall." Both committee members agreed that the Department is "very interested" in making concentration in Statistics possible, either by itself or as part of a combined field...