Word: effective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed limitations will probably have little effect on Harvard-owned property and the University's development plans, Dowds said. Because Harvard Square is an "overlay district," it is not subject to the same variance requirements as other districts in Cambridge...
...petition could have some effect on several of the nine all-male final clubs, commercial properties which are in residentially zoned areas of Mt. Auburn St. Two final clubs--the Spee and the Phoenix--have received variances from city agencies in the past that permit them to house businesses in their basements...
Scarce resources and increasing dependence on foreign oil are only part of the reason to push for fuel conservation. Scientists are increasingly ) convinced that the burning of fossil fuels is contributing to the greenhouse effect, a potentially dangerous warming of the globe caused by carbon dioxide and other exhaust gases. Unless the growth of fuel consumption is slowed dramatically or nonfossil energy sources, including solar and nuclear, are expanded rapidly, the world could face climatic changes leading to widespread flooding and famine...
...York City. We were astounded and somewhat awed by their accomplishments. For instance, all of 21 years old, Jennifer Spruill is not only a recognized expert in her field, she is creating it. A native of Pittsburgh and an anthropology major at Bryn Mawr College, she is researching the effect that cultural differences have in resolving conflicts. And at the University of California, Berkeley, Troy Wilson took the first direct image of DNA, the wonderfully intricate molecule that makes up our genes...
...brief the Honduran President orally on them. The quid pro quo had been approved that same month at a meeting of a special interagency crisis-planning group headed by Bush, although it was not clear whether he led this key meeting. At the time, the Boland amendment was in effect, banning lethal help to the contras...