Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exactly the site of surreptitious government activity or important UN operations--it's just a big building filled with insurance salesmen, but Mr. Guard seems to think that every little kid traipsing around the lobby is carrying a self-detonator. His first comment was much to the effect of "I HATE THE MEDIA" but then he opened up enough to say that he wouldn't say a thing and couldn't compromise his commitment to the company. Discreetness is the name of his game. Apparently, the guards are wary of all questions concerning security because of past precident with...
Whether or not affirmative action is on its way out for good is one debate. But no one will ever doubt the effect of a good image. Davis should take the ASUC's advice and make the Board of Regents a model in diversity to which the Universities it oversees can aspire...
...broad area that changes like quicksilver, the South End has a disorienting effect. In the same city block, grand apartment houses overshadow ramshackle convenience stores...
...songwriter is on her way up: she's topping Billboard's Latin charts; she recently won a Grammy nomination; and she's working on her first English-language album. The fuss over Shakira is justified. On her latest CD she charges Latin pop with rock 'n' roll to thrilling effect. Even when her music gets loud, Shakira's vibrant contralto remains sweet and expressive. The album's title translates as "Where are the thieves?" Missing out on this collection would be at least a misdemeanor...
...advertising business; we?re in the publicity business,? notes PMK partner Pat Kingsley (the third PMK pooh-bah: Lois Smith). But by schmoozing with its new friends in the entertainment biz, says Dart, McCann-Erickson will be able to ?tip off its clients to trends that are emerging? -- in effect, a savvy little spy network at the heart of our cultural Zeitgeist. Synergy, baby, synergy...