But then the state utility commission set rates for the three utilities below the wholesale market price, in effect killing competition.

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As the Girl Scouts see it, the battle isn't over, even though the Legislature adjourned Thursday, in effect killing the bill for this year.

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In late August Yoshihiko Noda, the Japanese prime minister, was defeated in an opposition censure in the upper house, in effect killing his chances of pushing legislation through both houses of parliament during this session.

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In fact, few applications are purely vexatious and the clause has the effect of killing genuine applications too.

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Since 97 percent of doctors treat at least some Medicare patients, the restriction had the effect of killing Medicare private contracting.

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For there are already next-generation companies who will have the side effect of killing the entire telco industry by providing the same services free of charge.

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In effect, it risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

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These efforts at sterilizing our hands and countertops, and at killing every infection in our bodies can have just the opposite effect.

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