Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Along with five other area teens and a Boston police officer, Holmes described the effect of violence on his life and his attempts to stem conflicts with about 40 audience members...
Contemplation and self-inspection have filled the days that work has been unable to, and as a result, I have retired to a sullen life of beer and darts. While these vices are not inherently loathsome, they begin to lose their study-break effect after tens of hours. But what is a person to do? In order to regain the carefree spirit that once filled me with the ability to moderate my beer and darts, I must expel the murky residue of February, since March is now here...
...Green Cup concept itself is not flawed. Pitting each living unit against the others in an attempt to conserve electricity and promote recycling is a great idea and entirely workable. If students knew more about it, the competition might have a measurable effect...
Pellett listed those hardest hit by the sanctions, namely the rural poor, and noted that the sanctions have had little, if any, injurious effect upon the military leadership and power elite...
...lesser known paintings, "Prisoners from the Front," shows how this documentary style can be used to great effect. The painting shows three captured Confederate soldiers being displayed to a Union corporal (who has been identified as an alumnus of Harvard). Homer shows that every segment of the American people--old and haggard, young and immature, southern gentleman and rednecks, could be found in the armies; he emphasizes that the War was a universal experience. At the same time, Union and Confederate troops face each other with obvious respect and compassion...