Word: effectively
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...observations of his own-about the peril of tyranny by subversion and the necessity of helping one's self. All the frank talk, the cheers and the sensation of renewed friendship left no doubt that Ike's remarkable sally into personal diplomacy was having the same telling effect in Latin America that it had in the lands of Europe, North Africa and Asia...
...franchise still limited to those who can read or write, or are over 40, or are earning at least $210 a year. He had promised "Uhtiru today!," but he will not have full independence tomorrow, or perhaps for three or four years. Even the African majority will not take effect until early next year...
Benson, 50. Whether they are planning next season's treatment of Isaac Newton and the Age of Reason or debating the possible effect of Rabelais on a daytime audience, the associates always seem to have an impressive talent for making quality negotiable...
This week the new tranquilizer goes on sale (by prescription only) throughout the U.S., with encouraging evidence that it will have the same effect on 70% or more of anxious, tense and hostile humans as it has on dingoes. Trade-named Librium by New Jersey's Roche Laboratories, it is technically methamino-diazepoxide, a synthetic chemical unrelated to previous ataractic drugs. Finding the right dose for individual patients is admittedly tricky. But the manufacturers claim that when this is achieved, Librium comes close to producing pure relief from strain without drowsiness or dulling of mental processes. Also claimed: unusual...
...year by year: Harvard's current freshman class's median score was 691 on the math aptitude test, almost 100 points higher than the class of 1956. But real "intellectual promise" may be something else, suggested the committee. And all the emphasis on numbers has an ominous effect: "Who can say how many gifted youngsters are frightened away from Harvard...