Word: effect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These were high-flown words-and thoughts-to come from the pen of an old soldier. But they were words carefully calculated for their effect on France's restless officers. The moral that Ely and De Gaulle clearly intended them to draw: the fate of Western civilization will rest in part on the manner in which France and the French army conduct themselves in the awakening nations of France's former African empire...
...Tokyo the clamor had its effect. Newsmen were at first curtly refused permission to go aboard the yacht while Filipino officers and men were being trained to handle her. Then newsmen were suddenly invited to explore the Lapu Lapu "from end to end." Explained a Filipino official to reporters: "The Lapu Lapu is not a presidential yacht. It is a navy ship." An aide tried to warn him: "If you do not give the press the entire truth, they will ferret it out." "But," replied the first official, "if I give the wrong facts who will be blamed?" At that...
Amidst a dinkum welcome to Australia, at the start of a five-month "crusade for Christ," Evangelist Billy Graham was asked whether he thought his revival gatherings would have a lasting effect, responded with disarming realism: "The effects of a bath don't last long, but you need it, and it's good...
...receive 50 to 100 letters every morning asking where to get the stuff," bewailed Dr. Williams. "Actually, there is not enough of the hormone in the world to permits experiments on animals. There is no proof that it even has any effect on humans.... After getting 20 to 30 long-distance phone calls a day on the subject, I have finally unplugged my phone...
...other action last night, the Council decided to set up a long term committee to report on Harvard-Radcliffe relations and the effect of Radcliffe on the College. The move came after long debate and the vote required a tie-breaking ballot by the president...