Word: effect
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...offer last September of self-determination to Algeria. When the European extremists of Algiers went to the barricades, the army's commanders made a few tough noises, then lapsed into undisguised sympathy with the insurgents. And when news of the army's attitude reached Paris, the effect on De Gaulle's civilian subordinates was shattering. Some members of the government all but openly took the army's side; even more panicked...
...Havana, Castro read the statement, picked up the phone, ordered his propagandists to "calm down." The attacks whined to a standstill like a stopped phonograph record. In Washington, a report of the Central Intelligence Agency, in effect the most authoritative official U.S. appraisal of Castro, called him "not a Communist and certainly not an anti-Communist," but a violently anti-American nationalist being used by the Communists in an "intense" drive on Latin America. In Latin America, where Castro's prestige has been shrinking because of this fact, Ike's statement was cheered as wise handling...
...France, Dr. Jean Carle, chief of the mission to Squaw Valley, exploded at the crowded accommodations. "Can you imagine four women living together in one cramped room for a month? Eh bien, non! Ridiculous!" He also fretted about the disconcerting effect of importing big-time vaudeville acts to the valley: "How are we going to put our young men and women to bed at an early hour if there's a chorus line and Frankie Sinatra singing across the road...
...sets by Horace Armistead were only acceptable-broad flights of steps climbing to looming, grey prison walls inset with barred gates and slit windows. The effect was foursquare, or perhaps just square, except for one good touch: a huge grid of prison bars spanned the stage and rose slowly as the light came up on the liberation scene. But the rest of Director Herbert Grof's production was dull and conventional. As Leonore, the faithful wife, Norwegian Soprano Aase Nordmo Loevberg showed neither the vocal nor the dramatic power her taxing role demanded. In minor roles, Soprano Laurel Hurley...
...effect, the HDC will simply move its programs into the Loeb, utilizing all facilities available, particularly the experimental stage. The Faculty recognizes that they have no provision for supplying these training-oriented services themselves, Henning asserted...