Word: effective
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Rare Coalition. Neither of the issues that many observers considered pivotal ?the "white backlash" and Viet Nam ?had a profound effect on voting patterns. Of 25 Congressmen threatened by the backlash, according to a Congressional Quarterly survey, 17 emerged as winners, including Ohio's Republican William McCulloch, who played a major role in getting the 1964 Civil Rights Bill through the House...
...this, La Scala's Dr. de Marco replies that the singers could get the same effect with a tranquilizer...
Practical Dilemma. The Pope's admission of uncertainty on the issue, combined with his insistence that the old prohibitions stay in effect, leaves Catholic married couples in something of a dilemma. Acting on a respected principle of moral theology that a doubtful law does not oblige obedience, millions of married Catholics have in the past three years made the decision in good conscience to practice contraception...
...Dixieland. Having the "sound" is not a matter of quality; it is a matter of timing. Today's sound is a blend of the drive of hard-rock, the should of rhythm and blues, the four-part hard-mony of the Mamas and Papas, and the soft low-key effect of the Lovin Spoonful. The Left Bank is a new group that presents fullest evolution of the new sound. Another aspect of "sound" is whether a group can record a number as well as it can perform it before an audience...
...devices for paring down the honors program and advanced the junior-generals idea on its own. Even though Donald H. Fleming, chairman of the Department, has said the exam will help determine who gets into honors, lie doubts that junior-generals will reduce the number of thesis writers. In effect, the junior faculty tried to cut down the number of honors candidates, and the senior faculty refused to go along...