Word: effective
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...structure was thereafter able to be molded by the determined efforts of councillors and members of the campus press to be more responsive to student issues. The first campus elections last spring were mostly a raucous medley of fluorescent posters with minimal substantive content. But they had the effect of galvanizing politicos into real-world type politicking, attempting to gain the support of various College constituencies, to influence the press and to disseminate a coherent and popular message...
...drug use, or a psychologist or counselor." If drug use were to be viewed primarily as the medical problem it is, we would have more resources to address for preventing and treating drug addiction instead of spending most of our money criminalizing use, which has had virtually no effect...
...example, they control more than 23% of the funeral market in Florida, considered the El Dorado of the death business. In Seattle, Loewen owns a funeral home located on the grounds of an SCI-owned cemetery. The ftc has demanded company records to try to gauge the probable effect in states where both companies have a large, overlapping presence. Loewen says nine states, including Florida, have notified the company that they plan their own antitrust reviews. And Loewen itself has filed a defensive federal lawsuit against SCI, arguing that the merger would sharply reduce competition in dozens of cities...
...most interesting aspect of this election is that Clinton in effect established a new party--one that appealed to the current moderate instincts of most Americans while offering hope for women, nonwhites and the growing bloc of people who feel "disadvantaged." And the Republicans didn't have a clue about how to counter this agenda. The election result was a foregone conclusion. JAMES P. FENTRESS East Granby, Connecticut...
Overall, the candidates did not emphasize their records enough (perhaps because a good many had no records) and discussed too many issues in politico jargon ("improved safety," "Core reform") rather than telling us what specific steps they would take to effect change. But that recalcitrance may have been a consequence of the size of the pool: four minutes total for the five vice presidential candidates, five and a half for the 11 presidential contenders (minus Adam D. Green...