Word: effective
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...that the boycott is a serious human rights issue, as the Bulletin does, is to ignore a number of important factors. Not the least among these factors is the clearly negative effect the boycott must have on non-unionized workers...
...jobs is unfounded. As Lewis noted in the Times, despite the lowest trade barriers in history, the U.S. unemployment rate sunk to its lowest level in more than two decades. And Gephardt's protestations about workers' rights and environmental degradation only hold water if we believe that we can effect more change through idealism than persuasive engagement...
Mishra said last week that his friendship with Bahat had no effect on the deliberations...
...medication she'd prescribed had worked like a charm. Although it often takes repeated injections of ovulation-stimulating Metrodin to prime a woman's reluctant eggs for successful conception, Bobbi got pregnant on the first try. Hauser had warned Bobbi and her husband Kenny that a side effect of fertility drugs can be multiple births; in about 20% of cases, a woman who conceives on Metrodin has twins or triplets or, in rare cases, quads or quints...
...greatest unknown, from a scientific point of view, is raloxifene's effect on the brain. The drug is known to increase the number of hot flashes, which are usually triggered by the brain's attempts to deal with falling hormone levels. This suggests that raloxifene might act as an antiestrogen in the brain. Recent studies have shown that estrogen may provide some protection against dementia and other types of nerve disorders. Therefore, taking raloxifene for long periods of time could theoretically increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease...