Word: effected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nuclear-weapons testing. He completely ignored the fact that Russia's suspension came only after completion of one of the biggest, atomically "dirtiest," tests in human history-one whose scientific results could not possibly be compiled in less than a year. Khrushchev's blast had little apparent effect; the U.S., in fact, went ahead with its plans for ten small atomic shots in the Nevada desert before the Oct. 31 cutoff date...
Noon soon began to sound like a Madison Avenue adman who has made a suggestion that is unpopular with the sponsor. In effect, he said, federation was just an idea he had tossed on the table to see if it would get up and dance. He did not intend an immediate political union; all he wanted was close military cooperation and the removal of custom barriers and passport restrictions...
...down the local alarm, authorities in Rio insisted that there was no danger in Brazil but plenty in the U.S. where hormone fattening is standard practice. Trouble with this argument: U.S. authorities have not turned up a single proven case of enough hormone getting through to have any detectable effect. Last week Director Jayme Lins de Almeida of the Brazilian government's Institute of Animal Biology announced that he was starting "rigorous official experiments" to find out who is right...
Whatever the campaign's effect on Chicago schoolchildren (about 300 a day wrote in for a chance at $10 daily prizes and a $100 grand prize), it should draw from their parents large quantities of good will for WIND. Last week, while patting his station warmly on the back, WIND's Miller indicated that he is well aware of this: "In this day of lip service to the FCC policy of public service by radio stations, it is refreshing to see a station do a dynamic, positive good for a community. Of course if it gets the kids...
...were withdrawn at the close of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, and the visits of priests to the villages grew increasingly rare, a group of Catholic laymen called Penitentes gradually emerged. Its members conducted services, taught doctrine, visited the sick and buried the dead-in effect performing all the priestly functions except saying Mass and administering the sacraments...