Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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None of the proposals have been made real. And though it would be simplistic to blame all of Clinton's failures on the Lewinsky mess--a divided Congress and Republican antipathy to social spending account for some of them--the Monica Effect has been crippling...
...Monica Effect helps explain why Clinton made nary a peep while the Senate slowly strangled campaign-finance reform--a legacy item if ever there was one--and why he sat idly in June as Senator John McCain's tobacco bill went down. Tobacco was Clinton's top domestic item for 1998--not just because he wanted to be the first President to face down the industry but also because the estimated $100 billion that was to come from McCain's bill in the next five years would have paid for many of Clinton's other ideas, such as preretirement Medicare...
Bird said the jury's decision against Riley,even if it does not go into effect, is unsound.The state will appeal the $1.15 million decisionbased on the Whistleblower Act, he added...
Wall Street abhors political upheaval. Watergate took a brutal toll on the market, and Sexgate appears to be having a similar effect. One word traders particularly don't like to hear is impeachment. "I don't think it helps that Washington is discussing impeaching the President," says TIME business correspondent Daniel Kadlec. "That creates a lot of uncertainty, and the market prefers to see stability...
...recent years, studies have hinted that olive oil could prevent breast cancer. A new study measuring oleic acid--the oil's chief component--in women, rather than relying on their reports of what they ate, shows no protective effect from the acid. But the oil's cardiovascular benefits still make it a healthy choice...