Word: affectation
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...viewpoint on the part of the government?" Replied Pearson: "It does not represent a change of viewpoint." "So it is kite flying," snapped Diefenbaker. When Pearson revealed in the House that the government is making a study of the growing secessionist pressures in French Quebec and how secession would affect Canada economically, Diefenbaker all but accused him of plotting secession and forced embarrassed attempts to "clarify." The loudest and longest hassle erupted last May when Pearson proposed a new maple leaf national flag to replace the Red Ensign. "Flags," roared Diefenbaker, "cannot be imposed on the Canadian people...
...trimmed to a running time of two and three-quarter hours. Missing entirely are the Dumb Show (for which I have never understood the need anyhow, for the same thing is immediately run through again viva voce), together with Fortinbras, Cornelius and Voltimand. While Fortinbras' absence does not seriously affect the main line of the plot, it does--since he is a foil to Hamlet--mar the architectonic design of the whole. The cuts have led to a bit of tinkering with the lines...
...rights bill, threw up a picket line around a hotel where Ev was scheduled to speak. Throughout his long political career?16 years in the House, 14 in the Senate?he has received little support from Negroes. He feels a certain bitterness about all this, but not enough to affect his advocacy of the civil rights bill. Explaining his support of that measure, Dirksen says: "I have looked at all the people who came into this office to see me?lawyers, contractors, businessmen, ministers, rabbis, priests. It was a constant walkin. And I thought: something must be done. Civil rights...
...pledged mutual assistance in case of aggression and spoke vaguely of West Berlin as "an independent political unit" but specifically upheld the Potsdam Treaty, which had established the Western presence in Berlin. To avoid any misunderstanding, Moscow had made it clear to Washington that the new treaty did not affect the West's position-and was therefore meaningless...
Though the decision will not affect the damage cases that have already been settled, it may well prompt other customers to take their claims to court. Between 800 and 1,000 cases are still outstanding. Most are small, but at least two substantial claims will be brought by the Midwest's American Electric Power and Michigan's Consumers Power. The Philadelphia decision will be appealed by General Electric and Westinghouse, and probably by the other defendants. But the appeals alone could tie them up in costly litigation for years...