Word: effective
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...page's fold, there is a column stating claims and corrections, such as "'the only choice' in abortion is between a dead baby or a live baby." What about a dead mother or a live mother? For instance, pregnancy can be dangerous for diabetic women, since a side effect can be a diabetic coma. But the alliance disallows all instances of abortion, even in cases of rape or incest...
...parts by outside plants or companies. Union officials say GM's proposed 'outsourcing' of production could affect 125 jobs. Two years ago, workers at the two plants staged a three-day strike, shutting down five GM assembly plants. GM spokesman Tom Klipstine said that the strike would have no effect on any other GM operations, at least for now. "But I really cannot speculate on when or which assembly plants would be affected by this work stoppage," he said. Another bargaining session is scheduled for Wednesday...
...Market, Eckes argues that the protectionist U.S. grew much faster than free-trade Britain between 1871 and 1913, and that the post-World War II competitive position of the American economy weakened greatly after the 1968-72 period, when a U.S.-led round of sharp tariff cuts went into effect. Some students, though, think Eckes is reading into the statistics a cause-and-effect relationship that isn't there...
...tonic effect of Jon Blair's documentary Anne Frank Remembered is to restore the human scale to an immense atrocity. It chronicles the daily life of a family--the Frank family, hiding in Amsterdam from the Nazis--with a detail that never sensationalizes. It also gives a fresh perspective to the martyred teenager the world knows as Anne Frank...
...past three years are all over the issue," says Greg Whetstone of the Natural Resources Defense Council. So, too, is the Clinton Administration, after a brief hiatus in which the Democrats seemed willing to compromise with the antiregulatory zealots. (Clinton even signed a bill that had the effect of opening vast tracts of national forest for logging--which he now "regrets.'') Recently, with much fanfare, Vice President Al Gore unveiled a plan to protect the Everglades, despite opposition by powerful sugar companies. On the eve of the Florida primary, it was a clear challenge to G.O.P. efforts to reclaim...