Word: effected
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...effect of executive commissions on State government...
...extreme. An aristocrat himself, he had no sympathy with the common people. With the assistance of a group of wealthy planters he attempted to get rid of popular elections. Having in 1660 got an assembly to his liking, he did not dissolve it for sixteen years. The effect of this abuse was to drive many Cavaliers to oppose Berkeley, who in turn became more arrogant than ever...
...meeting was held in A umni Hall, and A. B. Kerr '97, chairman of the Yale News board, presided. When the question was put whether the meeting was in favor of a renewal of athletic contests with Harvard, a motion to that effect was carried, by a vote of 638 to 6. It was announced that the Harvard Athletic Committee had requested that this manner of settling the question be used in order that both college might be equally bound by any arrangements which might be made...
Many other ideas about the Harvard system of training have been held and many comments made. The often heard suggestion that the dampness and fogs arising from the marshes near the field had a bad effect on the players' health and strength should be carefully considered and its truth or groundlessness determined. If the present location of the Athletic Field is to have a bad effect on the athletic teams, it should be changed at once and at any cost for a more healthful spot...
...only to develop new material, but also to save the "star" men. It has been suggested, with a reasonable degree of plausibility, that the cause is to be found in the dampness and fogs that spread over the low marshy grounds near Soldiers Field. At any rate, every effect must have a cause. It is a self-evident fact that often Harvard teams, with as good material and able to play as strong a game as other teams, are defeated through inability to hold out as well as their opponents. What is the cause...