Word: effecting
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...Supreme Court] is reducing the discretion of the [local] courts on affirmative action. The effect on universities in Texas and California is not a happy story," he said...
...know you want it. Those who love it will go to great lengths to get their hands on it. And no, I am not talking about ecstasy or nicotine, although for some, it may have the same effect...
...avant-garde. He or she is focusing tight on the state of Florida, marked "too close to call" on the electoral map. There's a red tint to the picture, and the state is colorless, ringed in a bright line. The camera has a bit of a fuzzy focus effect, so that the state appears to be etched onto the map by a luminous ring of fire...
Many questions remain unanswered. Researchers have shown, for example, that taking an aspirin a day can reduce a heart patient's risk of suffering a heart attack. Would combining aspirin with a statin have a synergistic effect, or is one better than the other in preventing heart disease? Similarly, many cardiologists are impressed by the ability of another group of drugs, called ACE inhibitors, to normalize high blood pressure and reduce the strain on the heart. Would they work better alone or in combination with other drugs...
...have traveled on many occasions in the past 26 years on some of the roads you described. I can't help noticing the increasing roadside devastation from one trip to the next, as an ever expanding network of side roads penetrates deep into the rain forest. The tinderbox effect is already noticeable in many parts of the Rondonia territory in western Brazil and is responsible for large tracts of unproductive and abandoned desert land in the southern part of Brazil's Para state, where it is unlikely that primary growth will ever take hold again. It is tragic that...