Word: effective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...died after an operation for an infected tooth. For a long time he led the Japanese to believe he would take the job they offered, but when the time came for his formal acceptance (at a party to which foreign correspondents were invited), he said to the Japanese, in effect: I shall become a puppet on the day when you little men go back to your little islands...
...issuing the statement, the Government in effect denied that it is trying to force Rumania to capitulate to demands such as the Kremlin served on the small Baltic states and which preceded the Red Army's invasion of Finland...
...baiting a la Dies," claimed proprietors of the Holyoke Bookshop in a sharp denial of charges made yesterday by City Councilor Mickey (The Dude) Sullivan to the effect that the 19 Dunster Street establishment is a red nest" and merely a "sham" through which Communist propaganda is being distributed to "unsuspecting students...
...most graduate students now live, are making profits. The University, it is urged, should liquidate enough securities to pay for the erection of graduate Houses. Profits from rentals of rooms in these buildings would be placed into a sinking fund sufficient to repay the capital and interest. The net effect of the proposal is thus that, instead of holding railroad or public utility bonds, the University would be investing in housing. The Graduate House Plan would come into being without the necessity of any increase in present University endowments, or of any decrease in long-run income...
...most recent prose attempt, for the chronicle of the Pennells is almost strictly a narrative with little room left for the author's creative talent. What poetic expressions there are occur only in small snatches. The book is a diary which relies on simplicity and authenticity for its effect...