Word: effecting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...think it's laudable, but it's not going to have any effect," he said...
...course, almost all parents, including those who smoke, have lectured kids on the evils of tobacco. But we forget that teenagers think they're bulletproof. Not even ads trumpeting the risks of impotence from smoking have much effect on hormone-crazed 14-year-old boys. Besides, the tobacco industry has subtly and successfully portrayed smoking--in the face of known health dangers and parental disapproval--as defiant and therefore cool...
...help your doctors make a diagnosis by keeping an accurate diary of your dizzy spells. What were you doing before they happened? How long did they last? Were you nauseous or light headed? What medications are you on? (Dizziness is a well-documented side effect of some drugs taken alone or in combination with others...
...USDA has stepped in with a tough-minded new proposal for a national organic-food standard. Besides banning hormones, pesticides and antibiotics, the guideline would prohibit food irradiation, genetically engineered ingredients and the use of sewage sludge for fertilizer in organic foods. A formal ruling is expected to take effect by year...
...transition to taxation could be made. The commission is also expected to recommend that Congress repeal the 3 percent telephone excise tax that mars the phone bills of Americans. Another recommendation would urge Congress to permanently ban taxes on Internet access. (Maybe that modem tax hoax had some effect after all.) MORE...