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Word: effective (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...softly lighted Spanish Gallery," and, of course, we are all very proud to have her. It was wonderful to be able to give her the kind of debut that you made for her [Los Angeles' Goya-April 14]. The article is excellent, and evidently is having an electrifying effect on friends and colleagues. The Marquesa even got a telegram of saludos and welcome from her three blacksmith countrymen in the Frick's Forge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 5, 1958 | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

...than the role requires, but ingenuous and pretty. Many of Alison Keith's lines ring hollow, but her matchmaker is a lively old rip, and she's funny, so what the hell. John Wolfson is occasionally funny as the friend who actually makes the match, but familiarity lessens the effect of many of his mannerisms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gamblers and The Marriage | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

Director Jan Hartman might, to good effect, have sat down hard on most of the members of his supporting cast: When the principals are off-stage, Robert Johnston's blessed quietude is the eye in a hurricane of overacting. Otherwise, Mr. Hartman has done a good job: his occasional attempts at comic business are almost uniformly successful. JULIUS NOVICK

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gamblers and The Marriage | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

...faculty will vote on the CEP recommendations next Tuesday. If approved, the plan will take effect in September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCloskey Explains CEP Plans For Tutorial to Radcliffe S.G.A. | 5/1/1958 | See Source »

...with the University. Any employment leads of interest to the HSA which come into the Student Employment Office go exclusively to HSA; the organization has its offices on University property; and the very use of the name Harvard in a business operation close to the College has a coercive effect. The HSA may make contracts with other business enterprises for exclusive rights, such as that of supplying linen to undergraduates, thus depriving the student of the right to choose a service for himself. This also implies the coercion of outside firms, since the HSA can sign, for all undergraduate middlemen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leviathan | 5/1/1958 | See Source »

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