Word: effectively
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...wonderful while it lasted: 8,500,000 Americans had tasted the hospitality of the 52-20 club. In effect, the 52-20 club was a kind of caboose on the G.I. gravy train. Under its provisions, every unemployed World War II veteran was entitled to $20 a week until he found a job-for a maximum of 52 weeks. Veterans who were self-employed but found the going skimpy could draw enough to assure themselves an income of $100 a month...
...pact would be meaningless unless the European allies were able to defend themselves when attacked. They had the will to do this, and the manpower; they did not have the weapons. Only the U.S. could provide the weapons soon enough. U.S. refusal to provide them would have a shattering effect on Western Europe's morale...
Party Leader Winston Churchill went last week to industrial Wolverhampton, where he made what Americans would call a campaign keynote speech. He paraphrased the pamphlet, which he had helped to write. In the past, Churchill has used the slogan "Set the people free" with good effect. He tried it again last week, with qualifications. Said Churchill: "We mean to set the people free, so far as possible and as soon as possible." He warned that if Socialism causes Britain's economic collapse, "we shall carry many other nations with us into chaos and Communism." He refurbished a famous Churchill...
U.C.L.A. rashly called the West test "the first rapid and accurate method" of determining whether cancer treatment is having any effect...
Next step is to watch the weather and its effect on the young hoppers. The migratory species are semidesert insects that thrive best under dry conditions; a cold rain or a late frost can wipe them out. So can their natural enemies (other insects, birds, etc.)-which the Government's experts keep track...