Word: effective
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...people have contributed a lot ofmoney," Fineberg says. "And I think it will bevery helpful to be able to point and see how thatmoney is having an effect today...
...defense of the racial self-segregation that accompanied the previously unrandomized House system, panel member and Eliot House resident Charisa A. Smith '00 recognized the "taxing effect" of being a student of color at Harvard...
...striking example is the unmarried narrator of Before the Change, who is back home for a visit with her father, a local physician who communicates in sarcasms. The hidden truths about their unshared lives pop up when least expected, a delayed-action effect that Munro achieves by casting the story as an unsent letter from the woman to her former lover...
...Ritalin clearly works in the short term to reduce the symptoms of ADHD. But more and more kids have been taking the drug for years, and no studies have run long enough to see if it has a lasting effect on academic performance or social behavior...
Just in time for the holiday shopping rush: Instant background checks for gun purchasers to screen out felons and other undesirables. Mandated by the 1993 Brady Act, a national computerized background check goes into effect today, replacing the voluntary checks that have been the responsibility of state and local law enforcement agencies up to now. The program will cover handguns as well as rifles and shotguns...