Word: effect
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...This is the year of 3-D, with all the same TV manufacturers showing off a variety of displays that either work with glasses or create a 3-D-like effect automatically on screen. Dozens of movies and video games are in the works that take advantage of improvements in 3-D-display technology. Indeed, Jeffrey Katzenberg, whom Stringer introduced as the "John the Baptist of 3-D," was in full proselytizing mode, working the convention-center floor and giving interviews. Katzenberg has staked his DreamWorks Animation's future on the technology; it's the first studio to be creating...
...right circumstances will attract. But what they both like a whole lot more is a liquid called bromobenzene. When the researchers introduced a little bromobenzene to the other two materials, they both began drawing so much of it that the gold began to rise above the glass. In effect, it levitated on a thin bromobenzene film...
...reached for comment yesterday. The JEHT Foundation was established in 2000 to promote criminal and juvenile justice systems reform, to advocate the international rule of law, and to advance fair and competitive elections. “It’s so disappointing to see the Madoff scandal have an effect on a group like the JEHT Foundation, which was sponsoring numerous critically important human rights initiatives,” Giannini said in an e-mail. Over the years, JEHT has supported international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as well as human rights programs at major universities...
...much. “It’s very hard for people to control their fat distribution,” Gorden said. “What they can control is the quantity of fat.” Procedures like liposuction have been shown to have no effect on diabetes, Kahn said, but fortunately, when people lose weight, they tend to lose abdominal fat first. Kahn’s work, said Gorden, is more about understanding the fundamental “why” of risk. “We need to keep searching for central mechanisms that control why abdominal...
...postwar peak against the dollar, today's negative impact on the Japanese economy is "not that large." That's because the U.S. over the past decade has seen higher inflation than Japan, where prices have been relatively flat for many years. To have the same effect as the peak in 1995 - when the exchange rate reached 79.75 yen to the dollar - Japan's currency would have to soar to 48 to the dollar, he says. "If we think about the inflation-rate differentials, the yen is not that strong right now." Tell that to Toyota...