Word: effective
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Even if the ordinance is passed, however, it will not effect the changes to the Square that have already taken place and the push toward mainstream commercialization will, in all likelihood, continue...
...Francisco and Santa Monica, Calif., which became the first U.S. cities to ban bank ATM surcharges. Megabanks Wells Fargo and Bank of America fired back by closing their ATMs to nondepositors in Santa Monica and threatening to do the same in San Francisco when its law takes effect in December--all of which made cardholders even angrier. A federal judge sided with the banks by blocking the anti-fee laws until a full trial can determine their constitutionality. Says Santa Monica council member Michael Feinstein: "The electorate's response to the ordinance has been overwhelmingly positive...
...cultural phenomenon has been more studied and worried over than the effect of television on children. Parents wring their hands over content. Media watchdogs make careers launching competing studies. But while the grownups present position papers, guess what the kids are doing? They're alone in their bedroom, watching television. According to a major study measuring the media consumption of 3,000 kids, ages two to 18, released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the typical American kid spends about 5 1/2 hours a day "consuming" media (computers and music, but mainly TV) at home. For kids eight...
...extra sprinkle of wheat. These were the lucky pigs. In the lower part of their bowel (where most tumors occur), the pigs had more butyrate, a substance that prevents early cellular damage. For human porkers, about 1 oz. of wheat bran a day may have the same effect...
...fear of being caught napping; if there's one thing the 20th century has taught us, it's not to display hubris in the face of an apparently diminishing threat. But mostly Washington is worried--again, not for the first time this century--about a domino effect...