Word: effected
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...Brazil's forest, its wildlife and its native peoples, but are also endangering the world environment. Scientists say the fires set by ranchers and homesteaders in the Amazon region are spewing into the atmosphere 7% of the carbon dioxide responsible for the global warming process known as the greenhouse effect...
...refund on his restitution. Conway Collis, a member of the state board of equalization, pronounced Agnew's claim "unbelievable" and said he found it "very hard to be sympathetic" to the former Vice President. If the tax board granted him the refund, said Collis, "we are in effect asking other California taxpayers to subsidize Mr. Agnew's wrongdoing." Agnew's appeal was rejected by a 5-0 vote...
...think that this can only have a positive effect," Savage says of the march. She says that several marchers to whom she spoke expressed "feelings of euphoria and renewal of commitment" afterwards. "Especially for the younger women, there was an awareness that fundamental rights are in jeopardy," she says...
...collecting side of the arboretum's work comprises probably its most lasting effect on the botanical world, although it is renowned for its landscaping and the selection of the portion of its living collection planted at Jamaica Plain...
...that dogwood, how it's fringed with raindrops? That's an effect you can get only on days like this," says Bussewitz, a sprightly man in his early 70s. Buzzy, as he prefers to be called, has studied plants for more than 40 years and has been a volunteer at the arboretum for more than a decade since his retirement...