• Veterans coming to Colorado--Bill Swift, Darrel Kyle, Hampton and Neagle--were easily psyched out by the effect of the altitude on their earned run averages.

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  • But if the toxic effects were caused directly by the intended effect of the drug (blocking gamma secretase), that would raise serious questions as to whether it is safe to continue with other trials of gamma secretase drugs now ongoing at other drug companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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  • The figures are part of an ongoing investigation by the RSA into the effect of mid-year admissions on vulnerable children.

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  • They also conclude that greenhouse warming has partially been offset by the cooling effect of aerosols - tiny particles of dust thrown into the atmosphere that can reflect solar radiation back into space.

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  • This danger is likely to be heightened by the synergistic effect of defense budget cuts in constraining U.S. military technology developments.

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  • By softening the effect of reduced hours on workers, it gives businesses a better chance of hanging on to their skilled employees during a rough period.

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  • Marcy and a team that includes Paul Butler of the Anglo-Australian Observatory are using the telescope to scan more than 400 stars for the characteristic "wobble" caused by the gravitational effect of planets on stars.

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  • " They cite a study that found that without factoring in the effects of climate change, "the global population at risk from malaria would increase by 100% by 2080, whereas the effect of climate change would increase the risk of malaria by at most 7%.

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  • What is more, America's endorsement of the Vance-Owen plan would depart from long-standing U.S. policy to oppose the changing of borders by the use of force -- the practical effect of its parcelling out ethnic fiefdoms.

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  • The reconciliation process changed by the 1980s, but the effect of providing Congress and the president one avenue through which to avoid a Senate filibuster remained intact.

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  • The arguments made in the case by the infringer, EchoStar, would have the effect of reducing the certainty and thus the efficacy of patent rights by weakening the ability of the courts to define and enforce patents clearly, quickly and efficiently.

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  • Especially in the lower half of the income distribution, households were insulated from the full effect of the recession by the fact that benefits and tax credits rose sharply in real terms during the downturn, and affect more of the population than they did in 1981.

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  • Well, we had the chance to shrink banks by virtue of letting the substitution effect take place whereby institutions outside of finance would take their place.

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  • Thus the total demographic effect of aging is attenuated by the absence of female workers in the older cohorts.

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  • In fact, hiking the current levy on payrolls to shore up Social Security and Medicare would have the perverse effect of weakening the economy by raising the cost of labor and reducing the rewards of productive work.

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  • In the grand scheme of things, the negative effect of extra mutations is likely to be countervailed by the positive effects of modern life: better nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, as well as better medical care.

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  • The large cap telecom sector continues to be dominated by the wireless business, with the effect of a first full quarter of a Verizon iPhone marking second quarter results for the biggest players, as companies balance margins and net additions ahead of earnings season.

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  • The Swedish government is funding research into the feasibility of using a wind-turbine driven oxygen pump in the Baltic, following studies carried out last year by the University of Gothenburg, which looked at the effect of pumping oxygen-rich surface water to the bottom of two Swedish fjords.

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  • Fuller disclosure needs to be supported by measures to reduce the contagion effect of a failure by, for example, reducing uncollateralised interbank exposures among European banks.

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  • The country on Wednesday announced stricter fuel standards that go into effect by the end of 2014 for diesel and 2017 for gas, according to the Financial Times.

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  • Mr Billington first proposed the creation of a World Digital Library (WDL) to UNESCO in 2005, remarking that such a project could "have the salutary effect of bringing people together by celebrating the depth and uniqueness of different cultures in a single global undertaking".

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  • It is having the desired effect judging by some of the personal correspondence I have received.

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  • "Let's not diminish the effect of tamoxifen by this side effect, " said Peters, referring to endometrial cancer.

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  • She outlined the reasons for a more cautious approach, which included the ban or moratorium placed on fracking in other countries, concerns cited by NI Water for the effect of pollution on water supply, and the dangers of well blowouts and earth tremors.

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  • If we could slash the amount of oil consumed by transportation, we could substantially dampen the effect of what seems like an inevitable oil shock over the next decade.

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  • In his opinion once it was determined that activity was, in fact, educational as defined by the IRS and did not have the effect of benefiting a private interest, it did not violate the private benefit doctrine as we described.

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  • Another rub: unwritten and nonbinding agreements common in the reinsurance industry that have the effect of lowering risk to the reinsurer by allowing it to wriggle out of a deal without a loss, in the event claims skyrocket.

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  • One could argue that the seeming anomaly of the relatively strong yen might reflect a seasonal effect: the repatriation of funds by Japanese firms' overseas operations near the end of the financial year.

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  • The newspaper's decline is both cause and effect of the worrying finding by the Pew Centre that the number of Americans aged 18-24 who got any news at all the previous day has dropped from 34% to 25% over the past ten years.

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