Word: effecting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...problem is, now that this market has collapsed, figuring out who owns all this worthless paper. Think that's easy? Two weeks ago, no less than the CEO of BNP Paribas, the big French bank, said, in effect, no worries, folks. Its exposure to this stuff was, as he put it, "negligible." Yet last week, BNP had to shut down three of its own investment funds because of its exposure to investments linked to the subprime debacle. When the CEO doesn't know, that is the very definition of "not knowing what we don't know...
...could be the one that makes the difference. "One pitch called the other way affects things a lot," says Hamermesh. "Baseball is a very closely played game." What's more, says Hamermesh, a slight umpire bias affects more than just the score; it also has an indirect effect on a team's psyche. Baseball is a game of strategy. If a pitcher knows he's more likely to get questionable pitches called as strikes, he'll start picking off at the corners. But if he knows he's at a disadvantage, he might feel forced to throw more directly over...
...very familiar with and appreciative of the impact the funding has on the discovery of knowledge but also the emblematic effect of funding on the university,†Baldwin said...
...dangerously as this does," says a high-ranking U.S. law-enforcement official, "Americans need to consider it a national-security issue." Mexican President Felipe Calderón, who has pledged to "give no quarter" to the cartels, has deployed 25,000 army troops to battle them--but to limited effect. The narcos aren't shy about attacking military barracks, and Mexican soldiers, who have a long history of human-rights abuses, are often mistrusted by locals. Officials in both countries expect that when President George W. Bush meets with Calderón in Quebec on Aug. 20-21, the leaders will unveil...
What events in your life made allowed you who you are today? -Dinh Phan, Silver Spring, Md. The Marine Corps. It instilled a great sense of discipline that I can call on when I need to. Growing up without a father also had a big effect and being the youngest in the family. I think every situation you find yourself in-the traffic you go through, the lines you wait in, even mundane things have an effect drop by drop...