Word: effected
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Look again. Most Harvard students spend a significant portion of their tenure at the College in the dining halls, but few stop between forkfuls of chicken dish X to notice the effect dining halls have on their daily lives. All House dining halls were intended to be communal spaces where House residents could gather at the end of the day to eat like one big, happy family far removed from the vast impersonality of Harvard University, Inc. Each House struggles daily with reconciling institutional efficiency with residential comfort, and each House's architecture reflects an attempt to merge these...
...captivating fantasy. Several of the vocal performances are wonderful, such as Billy Crudup as Ashitaka and Gillian Anderson as Moro the Wolf Goddess. Crudup is entirely believable, sounding in turn appropriately brave, vulnerable, and kind. Gillian Anderson's voice is altered here, designed to sound more godlike (the effect succeeds). Her growling tones are menacing and eerie, and her Moro is as intelligently complex as many of the human characters. Others, however, are slightly weird--particularly Minnie Driver's voice-over as Lady Eboshi. Driver's Eboshi is commanding, complex, and fascinating. She delivers her lines with such complete conviction...
...Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
...sophomore was injured yesterday afternoon when a pyrotechnic device, intended for use as a theater special effect, exploded in his hands before a crowded classroom...
...said the committee focused on the fact that African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans tend to under-perform white students, even when differences of parental education or socio-economic status are taken into effect. They also do not do as well academically in college as their high school grades or SAT scores would suggest...