Word: effective
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...School Department is trying to do the best possible job it can in trying to deal with the psychological effect of this," he said...
...scheme. Carey says he is the victim of their misdeeds. According to the U.S. attorney's charge and sources familiar with the investigation, Carey's men approached several political groups, including the Democratic National Committee, offering to donate Teamster funds in return for contributions to the Carey campaign. In effect, his men were laundering Teamsters money destined for their candidate's re-election effort. Government sources told TIME that more than $1 million was funneled this way from the Teamster general treasury to benefit the Carey campaign...
...Mafia as a crucial investor. When Eddie inevitably splits with Jack, he has nowhere to go; Jack is apparently the only director in pornland. Nor is there much eroticism; indeed, except for the film's final shot, where we get to see Eddie's penis (granted, a nifty prosthetic effect), Boogie Nights has little nudity--it's a sex film that stints on the sex. And Holmes, who died of AIDS in 1988, had a life far more bizarre and instructive than Eddie...
...career, and these recordings reflect a serious departure from the structures and techniques of mainstream jazz of the time. Complex, static song structures were inhibiting what Coltrane wanted to do musically and he began looking towards Eastern ethnic music for influence. Coltrane began to experiment with instrumentation to dramatic effect, using bass clarinet, contrabassoon, oboe, oud and a second bass in different combinations...
...Roker's weight in gold--and basically to yak about global warming, which, as Al said, "we don't like." They should have all watched Soylent Green (1973): Chuck Heston in a classic 'open your eyes, dammit!' film with a conscience, in which pollution, overpopulation, and the greenhouse effect have conspired to cram 40 million people into New York, where it is 95 degrees year-round. A very sweaty movie, and family viewing only if your kids won't recycle. But Chuck is an institution...