Word: effective
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...prime minister. "The reason for Yeltsin's silence isn't clear," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "He's known to withdraw and get depressed when he's under pressure. But it could also be a maneuver to keep everyone off balance -- it's certainly having that effect...
Vest's new housing plan will go into effect as soon as MIT's new $25 million dormitory is completed. The building will hold up to 350 students...
...losses topped $18 billion. In Dade County alone, the storm destroyed 63,000 homes and damaged 110,000 others. Nine small insurance companies failed. Large companies raised rates, dumped policies and tried to pull out of coastal areas, but regulators forced them to stay. The "reinsurance" companies, which in effect provide insurance to insurance companies, also got queasy and sharply limited coverage...
...what proof is there that androstenedione pills are safe or effective? None. In fact, this summer General Nutrition Centers, a national chain of health-food stores, ordered its franchisees not to sell the supplement. "We're not yet satisfied with the safety of this product," says John Troup, vice president for scientific affairs at the chain's corporate parent. "We don't know its effect on the liver, cardiovascular system or secondary sexual characteristics...
Ordinarily, tax-loss selling occurs in November and early December, and very often that selling leads to a "Santa Claus rally" around Christmas, and then to the "January effect" as investors buy stocks that have been driven arbitrarily low. But in a year like this one, with widespread losses, it makes sense to start sooner. "The smart move is to think like it's November in September," says John Manley, market strategist at Salomon Smith Barney...