Word: effecting
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Although no one can prove that political contributions changed the decision in any given case, it hardly stretches the imagination to believe that contributions do have an effect in general; after all, campaign contributors have to believe that their money is buying results if they are to be persuaded to contribute again. Judges might favor contributors out of conscious gratitude or out of unconscious affinity for their political friends. According to a survey conducted for the state Supreme Court, 78 percent of the Texas public thinks contributions influence decisions, and 86 percent of Texas judges agree. Among Texas lawyers...
Although the problem seems to disappear after two years of pill taking, researchers were surprised to find any effect at all. On March 31 they sent a letter to all participants in the study outlining what they know so far. What they can't say until the study is completed in another five years is whether this apparent short-term risk is outweighed by any long-term benefits...
...Lecture attendance has on the whole been very good," he writes in an e-mail message. "In Historical Study A-13, we videotaped each lecture and put the lecture on the course website that night, and it seemed to have no effect on attendance at all. Rather, some people viewed the video as a review, in addition to hearing the real thing...
...When congress passed the DMCA, they said, in effect, that it is unlawful to post the utility that is designed circumvent copyright protection," Ryan said. "If there had been no court decision on that, we'd have to figure out if [DeCSS] does or doesn't violate the law on our own. But there was a clear ruling from the courts that said this violates...
...more regrettable than lost heroism, even more lamentable than the missed opportunities for maternal affection, is the effect of e-mail on our minds and mores. The authority on the latter, Miss Manners, writes that e-mail is simply inappropriate for condolences, apologies, thank-you's and other occasions when only a letter will do: "Even without tearstains, there is just something earnest-looking about those wandering lines and shadings of ink." Some of this apparent earnestness is surely due to the strict laws that still govern letter writing. For all the talk of "netiquette" (which delights Miss Manners...