The civilizing effects of alliance are not just for Estonians and Russians, by the way.

But that's by no means inevitable, and we should not underestimate the civilizing effects of the popular struggles of recent years.

They also should make it as easy as possible for inmates to maintain the civilizing effect of talking with their families.

The changes seem to have had a civilizing effect on the lunch hour.

Living for months or years in this kind of environment has to make clear the civilizing effects of architecture.

Lincoln Center has had such a civilizing effect on the whole West Side.

One woman goes because she believes in the civilizing effect of poetry.

Can you imagine what a civilizing effect that will have on the multitude?

FOR something so strong, aquavit has a strangely civilizing effect.

All the boys are dirty, not from playing but because they're cut off from the civilizing effects of the world.