Word: effective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...willing to go along with the thing called Modern Republicanism when Ike first used the term. But they were awaiting an opening-and they got it when George Humphrey, without any hint of reproof from the President, called into question not only the budget and its programs but, in effect, Ike's leadership...
CLAIM: two antibiotics may be synergistic; i.e., have a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. ANSWER: no proof of this in patients (except those with heart inflammation caused by the enterococcus and a few other microbes...
...plods through the cold, carefully-worded book, Hiss' persistence does have its effect. Hiss certainly "appears" right in much of his attack on Chambers' testimony, and he is often convincing in offsetting incriminating evidence. But it is this legal approach to the case that detracts the most from the book. The work is a microscopic observation of the whole Chambers-Hiss case from Hiss' point-of-view, a point-of-view already well-known. Hiss tells the reader little about his intellectual background, especially his attitude toward radicalism, something that is crucial to the whole Case. One wonders...
...from pressuring for a lower-level international conference on the possibility of ending test explosions, the Committee should attempt to make the A.E.C. postpone the series of tests scheduled for this week. Declaring a moratorium on further experiments until the Communists' intentions have been fully explored would have the effect of demonstrating America's concern over the possible effects of test explosions. If Moscow is sincere in its proposal, the world would gain substantially by such a ban, and if it is not sincere, America can discover this before it loses any ground in the armaments race...
...proposed conference is successful, disarmament will come closer to reality. Meanwhile, America and Britain lose nothing by postponing their tests. Their action would have a substantial propaganda effect, for it would deprive the Communists of the initiative they have gained by their announcement. Knowing that our nuclear retaliatory powers are already high enough to deter potential aggression, we cannot afford to refuse as attractive an offer as that of the Russians...