Word: effecting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot display any quantitative evidence that COCA's actions have had any effect on the thoughts and discussions of Harvard students in recent weeks. Still, it is likely that there has, indeed, been an effect. The actions have provoked some discussion in the campus press. And surely not every one of the 900 students who received draft notices shrugged it off as junk mail...
When the law went into effect in 1975, Cambridge had a total of 3500 commercial parking spaces, but the city was allowed to add an additional 10 percent because it eliminated some on-street parking, McManus said. Now, however, the city has approximately 13,000 spaces, well in excess of the allowable limit, she added...
...That will put Senate salaries at $98,400 next year, temporarily greater than those in the House. In exchange, the limit on honorariums was trimmed to $26,568 from $35,800, so Senators' potential incomes were left virtually unchanged. When the larger congressional pay hike takes effect in 1991, Senators would be paid less than members of the House. While Congressmen must return to their districts to convince skeptical constituents of the wisdom of their actions, Senators have decided that the appearance of virtue is its own reward...
...sense that the firm tried it in the '70s but it flopped, because the market was slow and pictures failed to sell. Loans, of course, have risks too. Christie's gives neither guarantees nor loans. "The practice of offering guarantees," argues a Christie's spokesman, "means that in effect you've bought the picture yourself. And loans by the auction house tend to create an inflationary situation, a false market...
...doors of the Iron Curtain have rusted open, no one should ridicule the simple giving of thanks. Each of us has private reasons for gratitude, since in so many ways 1989 has been a bountiful year. For me, I am sincere in my appreciation for the way the greenhouse effect has allowed Indian summer to stretch on into the college basketball season. Moreover, I consider it a personal blessing that Jackie Mason was canceled, Donald Trump failed in his efforts to make his name synonymous with American Airlines, Ronald Reagan managed to return from Japan and no trend spotter...