Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...impact upon the Portuguese might have been less if they had been accustomed to the benefits of a free press. As it was, opinions about the Salazar cover ranged from extremes of approval to extremes of disapproval. Government officials and party supporters were "outraged" at its description of "another European dictatorship [that] had failed"; oppositionists felt that it should have been stronger. Middleof-the-roaders commented that the story had "really hit pretty much the nose...
Nothing at Harvard is so impressive as the impact of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere which greets each person as he (or she) crosses the bridge, escaping from the aroma of baked beans, and other sundry smells. --P. L. E. Nieman...
Intercollegiate debating commenced for the year last night with a large, though not entirely satisfactory impact as two teams of Crimson debaters went down to narrow defeat at the hands of the Yale Debating Council, which argued successfully on both sides of the proposition: "Resolved, that the best interests of the country will be served by a Republican Congressional victory this fall...
...into a steep cliff, 50 feet below the top of the hill, had vanished almost as completely as if the fire-blackened rock had opened and engulfed it. There were a few pieces of metal, few larger than a man's hand. Fifty feet from the point of impact lay a golf club and a child's toy train...
While the writing lacks direction and in the final analysis seems to have gotten nowhere, the failure in impact is amply compensated by uproarious dialogue and a certain wackiness which can only be described as "Anita Loos." Tops in froth, Miss Loos drives her sharp-edged, relevant humor home with a vengeance. Whether a theme can be detected in the midst of it all is moot. You may not know what it is all about when the shooting stops, but you'll know you liked...