Word: effectiveness
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...What effect all this had on German morale was still a Nazi secret last week. But the continued evacuation of children from German cities showed that Britain's continued resistance, the constant bombing of Germany, and mounting civilian casualty lists were causing uneasiness. Since the outbreak of war 550,000 had been moved out of reach of British bombers. Last week 1,000 were taken out of Berlin in two days...
...Brilliant Chinese leaders by the score owe their education to American universities. A chief official of the Chinese information ministry, Hollington K. Tong, is a graduate of the journalism schools of the Universities of Missouri and Columbia. Our schools of journalism have had more effect, proportionately, on Chinese newspapers than...
...open with Penn and Cornell, two teams which have been more or less openly recruited for the purpose of winning games. Way back in 1937 when the schedules for next fall and even for the fall of 1942 were made out, Gloomy Gil Dobie's policy was still in effect in Ithaca, and the Pennsylvanians had not yet been attracted by the lure of a winning team for their Bi-Centennial. Both schools ranked in the pure amateur class. However, it was a risky venture even then to map out a program for four and five years ahead. The H.A.A...
...Chicago Swindler Mike McDonald (not P. T. Barnum), says Author Asbury, who observed, "There's a sucker born every minute." During the four terms of Mayor Carter Harrison Sr., McDonald's casino was in effect the city hall, and Chicago's politics well nigh outstank those of William Tweed's New York. Mickey Finn dispensed his deadly cocktails. Fifty thousand men existed solely on free lunch provided by saloons. The mass-murderer H. H. Holmes destroyed from 30 to 300 victims in the torture chambers of his "castle" on 63rd Street...
...apparel has a structural function as well, for it serves to enclose and stabilize the figure and makes the chair upon which the figure is seated an integral part of the monument. The drapery, therefore, fulfills its function excellently, not only by creating a certain decorative and monumental effect, but also by logically unifying the various parts of the statue. It is interesting to note that the difference between the textural quality of the skin and that of the clothing was effected by French's moderate use of the "boss" or roughening method on the latter...