Word: effective
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While the "gong" was not entirely lacking in humor, the accompanying "booing" which followed whenever a non-Adams resident was "gonged" was inappropriate. When I confronted the "gong woman," she said something to the effect of, "Harassment is a tradition of Adams House. If you don't like it, get out," and "We have tried to get through to the administration, now we want to punish the students...
...considering the effectiveness of any medicine, conventional or herbal, it's important to consider that the placebo effect, or the patient's desire to believe in a cure, can have a powerful influence. Recent studies show, for instance, that while 86% of men taking a baldness remedy reported that it worked, so did 42% of men taking a placebo...
...countries and for which conventional medicine often offers only symptomatic relief. The study also showed the lengths to which researchers must go to make sure that the benefits ascribed to herbal remedies are not due to a biased analysis of data, or to patients' expectations--the so-called placebo effect...
BRAD PITT He plays Death in a new movie; critics say he'll have a similar effect on the audience...
...music on the album is not radical for ska--many of the songs sound borderline generic at first, using ska rhythms and instrumentation in predictable ways. But the music is not bland. The melodies are lively and infectious, the band uses short drum, brass, and guitar features to good effect and, musically, the vocals are interesting and well performed. Songs such as "You Don't Know" and "The Set Up [You Need This]" use vocals in somewhat unusual and memorable ways, though on a small scale...