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Word: effective (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When asked by one reporter whether any end-over-end tumbling of the satellite would have any effect on the dog inside, Hynek replied, "Never having been a dog in a rocket, I don't know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sputnik II Still One, Dr. Hynek Asserts | 11/8/1957 | See Source »

...Enjoy." Here is given a directory of places you should see in the West, as well as recipes for Western dishes, including "Apache Sunset" and "Son of a Bitch Stew." This is all indispensable for those interested in the West, but it hardly helps answer the question: What effect did the West have on its inhabitants...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: This Is the West | 11/8/1957 | See Source »

...difficult indeed to gauge the success of an education, to measure the percentage of inspiration and the effect of discipline which an instructor brings to his pupils...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: George Pierce Baker: Prism for Genius | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Most important is the molding effect of the audience/customer. The novelist writes for a small audience with whom he can assume a certain rapport. The contemporary Hollywood film is aimed at everyone--young and old, men and women, educated and illiterate, Americans and foreigners. Hence, in addition to the inevitable "lowest common denominator," is the pressure to dilute material so that it will not offend the tender-minded of any persuasion. The voluntary Production Code which is "not of this world" is the most obvious instance, contributing in part to the idealization of life which has in the past characterized...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Novel into Film: A Critical Study | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Menzel said that it was quite possible that radar and visual sightings could be made simultaneously and still be only a cloud effect...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Pupnik Flies Over Boston At Daybreak | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

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