Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...once, especially if one of them requires a great deal of his attention. It is often disastrous to carry on social intercourse in traffic, for as a general rule conversation is distracting, although on a long fatiguing drive some pleasant music can be relaxing. Radio ads have a terrible effect, on me at any rate...
That certainly has blacklisted N. C. University and undoubtedly will have a bad effect on the lives of the 40 expelled students. The trouble, as 1 see it, lies in the education system of most colleges which practically compels students to cheat. Too much emphasis is placed on exams and not on daily work. I am a graduate of Penn State '28, which is noted for its Penn Stale Honor Code. Still there is cheating. Yet there is no cheating in classes conducted by profs who play fair with the students. I know men who would not cheat...
...George Zook of the American Council on Education, the medical men listened respectfully until they realized that he was suggesting that medical schools, like liberal arts colleges, should be allowed to certify that their graduates are fit to be doctors. Due to Abraham Flexner's book and its effect on public opinion, 40 states will not license to practice medicine the graduates of medical schools on the A. M. A.'s blacklist. When heretical Dr. Zook had finished, he was neatly reprimanded by brisk little Biologist Alphonse Mary Schwitalla, S. J., dean of St. Louis University...
...weight. Fuel tanks must be light but capable of withstanding high pressure. For the moment aluminum alloys serve fairly well for tanks and motor but not for the jet nozzles which often collapse in a few minutes. This is due not only to heat but also to the abrading effect of the issuing gases. "Will electrochemists supply us," asked Professor Klemin, "with another super-aluminum alloy to withstand all this...
Standard Brands made $12,746,000 in 1935 against a $13,888,000 profit in 1934. Built around Fleischmann yeast, Royal baking powder and Chase & Sanborn coffee, Standard Brands made some $87,750,000 in its six full years of business life. But the "Standard" brands have, in effect, standard prices which both competition and custom make difficult to raise. Consequently Recovery, with higher costs, has brought lower profit margins and a decreased profit. The common closed last week at $17.62, about 18 times 1935 earnings of 97? a share...