Word: affecting
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...reprinted." This is untrue since 11 out of the 12 poll questions were reported on. For the sake of the record, here are the correct figures. "This is not our fight," 16.8 per cent. "Let Britain save herself this time," 9.5 per cent. "A Nazi victory won't affect our position," 3 per cent. "I like the British and want to help them," 20 per cent. "A British victory is essential to our national defense," 37 per cent. The one result that we did not print, for reasons of space, was: "I want the British...
Sixteen declared "This is not our fight." but only four votes acknowledged that a "Nazi victory will not affect our position...
...horrors. In one a bolshevik-bearded, Kaiser-helmeted Nazi labeled Absolutism horsewhipped a half-clad damsel named Humanity, while the sausagelike corpses of Liberty and Justice lay strewn behind them across the map of Europe. Circumspect White Committee officials, who feared Painter Owen's horror scenes might affect stomachs rather than sympathies, hung them inconspicuously, hoped nobody would pay much attention to them. "No wonder he is bedridden," shuddered one official...
...crushing the Bellboys, the Deacons closed the season undefeated, and though there are two games remaining to be played, these will not affect the new champs...
...discharge from an old job, a new baby, marriage, divorce, the death of a dependent, a change of address, even a prolonged visit to another locality. A registrant who wants to leave the U. S. must get his local board's permission beforehand. Reason: such changes would probably affect a registrant's liability or availability for service. Penalty for willful failure to "tell your local draft board" is the same as for any other violation of the Selective Training and Service Act: imprisonment up to five years, fines up to $10,000, or both. In practice, reprimands will...