Word: effects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even its most-celebrated effect--crashing thousands of mainframes across the country--was apparently due to a programming error and was not Morris' intent...
...tool that Spence has chosen for helping to implement his plan is one uniquely suited to the dean's background and management style. It is a quiet, behind-the-scenes set of changes that Spence hopes to effect, and it is perhaps simpler to build consensus around complex revisions in hiring formulas rather than a straightforward change in policy, professors...
...margin here is strong, I don't think it's going to have a big effect on his ability as governor," said Olivia Golden '76, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, before the election...
...fund, which has invested $640 million with KKR: "The secret of KKR's success is that it makes an awful lot of money for its partners." Agrees Gus Oliver, a general partner in Coniston Partners, another Manhattan investment firm that specializes in takeovers: "KKR's success reflects the compounding effect. Because of its track record, it can attract all the capital in the world. Because of its capital base, it can do any deal in the world...
...also believed the project would benefit society in another way. Every kilowatt generated from the river's waters means less burning of fossil fuels, and less atmospheric pollution, less increase in the greenhouse effect. Operating Brockway Mills will save 4,000 bbl. of oil each year. And Buckley readily admits that he hoped to make a profit from his work -- a concept known as doing well while doing good...