Word: effecting
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...campaign. At Sunday's event, campaign staffers set up a camera behind a table of youthful Keyes supporters. They turned on a Klieg light when their candidate stepped to the podium. At the same moment, the Keyes supporters stood up, waved their large signs, and cheered loudly, creating the effect of an audience-wide accolade...
Bradley told reporters late Wednesday that Kennedy's endorsement would have no effect on voters. "All I have are the people," he said...
...similar lobbying push, in July the National Organization for Women officially changed its pressure focus from legislatures to Hollywood boardrooms, claiming that entertainment industry imagery is now the best way to effect social change. The NAACP quickly followed suit, threatening network boycotts unless the Big Four increased minority representation in their programming. NBC's the first to buck, but Mfume said agreements with the other three networks are imminent...
...most famous example of rock-on-rock catastrophe, the Earth was slammed 65 million years ago by a massive rock formation that created an enormous crater in the Yucatan Peninsula and probably caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Everyone recognizes the devastating effect of the dino-death asteroid, Jaroff points out, but many people are still hesitant to assign any real significance to asteroid studies. "The scientists who began looking for information back in the 1970s were hamstrung by a general lack of funding. They were greeted in Congress by giggles...
...Tribunal, don't expect a rush to hand over war crimes suspects," says Anastasijevic. "A lot of current military and police officers are potentially implicated in war crimes, and the new government can't afford to put these people in a corner." Still, the result will have a positive effect on the Balkan regional dynamic. "The most immediate change may occur in Bosnia, where the Bosnian Croat hardliners will lose support from Zagreb and that will help the Dayton peace process," says Anastasijevic. "The big loser may be Slobodan Milosevic, who worked with Tudjman to dismember Bosnia and whom...