Word: effecting
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...sure you're fuckin' fucked up." Larry proceeded to explain that all World Class student travelers - everyone on the bus - were members of the World Class family and that a complex network of American and Mexican travel reps had been set up to make sure that partying was in effect at all hours. Larry and Noe, a Mexican rep, then proceeded to gulp down full Coronas to prove that they were worthy of respect. The $900 each traveler had dished out to book through World Class was certainly being turned over to some educated, classy people...
...think what he brings will be a genuinely important and, in effect, original vision," he said. "[He's known for] creating a really powerful conception with a good deal of evidence about the ways in which economic development and important freedoms and rights are interdependent...
...pointing to China's deteriorating human rights situation over the past year, particularly in respect of repression of religious activities, the State Department may risk raising questions about the basic premise of U.S. "engagement" with China - that trade with the West and economic reform will have a liberalizing effect on Chinese society. Then again, even if Washington had succeeded in orchestrating a nasty wrist-slap of Beijing by a U.N. talk shop, it might not have significantly altered the prospects for passing the China trade deal on Capitol Hill. After all, while they cite concerns over human rights abuses, most...
...posting on the Internet. They also point out that the psychosexual impulses that lead people to commit sex offenses against children are very difficult to cure or suppress, leading to a high rate of repeat offenses. The defenders argue that by serving their sentences the offenders have, in effect, paid their debt to society. They also make the case that wide distribution of personal information such as pictures and addresses could lead to acts of retribution. The issue is, of course, shaded by attitudes toward crimes considered by the vast majority to be the most horrific in society...
...much money as it would have liked in venture capital. Venture capital firms are not able to accommodate the heavy requests to invest and are force to set caps on the amount of money universities can invest. Because Harvard's endowment is so large the smaller amounts have less effect on the bottom line...