Word: effect
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...authorized the Camp Meeting Association of the United Methodist Church to establish Ocean Grove's police force. The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed unanimously, ruling that the theopolis' legal system and ordinances did indeed violate the First Amendment separation of church and state. Said the court: "In effect, the legislature has decreed that in Ocean Grove the church shall be the state and the state shall be the church." So unless Ocean Grove's residents can find a way to stop the ruling from going into effect this week, the streets of the town that describes itself...
Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday, "It's very hard to say what effect the decision will have. I haven't been following the decisions...
...whales can be killed without endangering the population's survival. But many scientists argue that the calculations should take other factors into account. Some of these marine mammals are believed to be monogamous, and the slaughter of one whale may break up a family unit, with a drastic effect on breeding. Since certain species have the largest brains of any creatures, they may be intelligent enough to fear such sounds as ships' propellers, even at distances of hundreds of miles. This too could disturb their mating habits...
...ruling will undoubtedly breed some resentment. Weber himself last week predicted that the decision will have "a negative effect on people all over the country toward blacks." Perhaps. But the ruling will also bring hope. "I've done better than my parents ever dreamed," says James Nailor, a black electrician who was one of the first to be accepted into the Kaiser training program from which Weber was barred. "The decision means my children will have a chance to do better than I will. That's the American dream...
...prove his point, Janacek moves to the rear of the control room, glances at a panel with such legends as FEED-WATER PUMP FAILURE, STEAM-LINE RUPTURE and RELIEF-VALVE FAILURE, and presses a button. The effect is jarring. Alarms give off an almost hysterical shrill. Control-panel lights flash, and overhead lights dim. He has simulated the rupture of a 21-in.-diameter water line, which can empty the reactor of vital cooling water in less than a minute...