Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...throw something at you that you won't expect--he's so creative--he's knows what effect his choices will have on the audience," Ashong says...
...dark, unkempt, hair. Energetic brushstrokes define the facial features while his body melts off the canvas in a blur of brown. Yet despite the temerity of Picasso's mark making, we can't help but notice a sense of doubt or even fear in the artist's eyes. This effect is magnified in "Self-Portrait in a Wig," where Picasso's uneasy expression, heightened by his uncomfortably formal costume, belies the confidence of his hand...
...numerical terms, this effect is even more dramatic. Fundraisers say that during a campaign, a large research university such as Harvard can expect to double its revenue from gifts...
Yale University, which finished a $1.7 billion capital campaign this summer, has seen this effect. At the beginning of the campaign, Yale raised about $118 million yearly in gift revenues. This year they raised about $205 million. And Holcombe said he expects giving to remain at this level or even rise slightly...
...bill would restrict political speech in three ways. First, by banning contributions of "soft money," McCain-Feingold would sharply restrict fund raising by political parties. The effect: less party advertising and advocacy...