Word: effected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Waldorf-Astoria hotel, the President of the U.S. was reminded of a story. It seems there was a man who needed a hearing aid, found that they cost between $200 and $800, "decided to make one himself, which he did. And he worked it with pretty good effect. So finally a man said to him, 'Now tell me, Bill, does this thing really work?' He says: 'Of course not, but it makes everybody talk louder...
...poll, however, did have its humorous side. Again, probably in deference to the Masters, the Council presented three rather flimsy and ludicrous arguments against any extension: "displacement of roommates,..adverse effect of women on the emotional tone of a House, and...increased conformity." How two or four more hours a week with women in the Houses could wreak such devastation to the moral fibre of the Harvardman was not explained...
Pemberton also reiterated that the Program was not "holding back" contributions for psychological effect or any other reason. He stated that all gifts were reported in the regular progress reports of the Program...
...objection to the proposal allegedly was its vagueness, another its possible effect on the General Education program. Several Faculty members said they feared the freshman experiment would "take many of the good people out of sections...
...fifth of besieged Ethiopia to Mussolini. Forced by public outrage to resign, he bounced back to office under Neville Chamberlain, backed Chamberlain's Munich appeasement because he felt it would intimidate Russia. "He passes," someone said, "from experience to experience, like Boccaccio's virgin, without discernible effect upon his condition...