So, are Senators supposed to accept the line currently being touted by Chuck Hagel in one-on-one meetings with them and by his defenders in public to the effect that "he firmly believes in a strong nuclear deterrent as long as we face nuclear threats"?
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And I'm wondering what evidence you've seen to show that it's swaying public opinion, or what effect it's having with the broader public.
Not only has the celebrity effect increased public awareness of the disorder, bipolar disorder has now become a desirable diagnosis.
Although, by Russian standards, Tver boasts an unusually large number of privately owned publications, their effect on public opinion seems limited.
Mr Robertson said retailers also faced a difficult time in 2011 with the rise in VAT and public sector cuts taking effect.
If it grows even one percentage point faster than GDP in future, the effect on public-sector net debt would be huge (see chart).
Now via video, Bishop Desmond Tutu talking about how mobile phone will have an effect on public health in Africa and around the world.
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For others, lengthening scheduled arrival times boosts on-time rankings charted by the Department of Transportation: Those numbers can have a real effect on public perception.
For example -- for example, some have suggested that the public option go into effect only in those markets where insurance companies are not providing affordable policies.
The National Rifle Association has dismissed Bloomberg's anti-gun campaign over the years as a publicity stunt and said last week that tighter laws would have no effect on public safety and crime.
The ban, which Earl Beatty Public School put into effect last week, was not even prompted by an injury to a child, but rather came after a parent suffered a concussion from being hit in the head with a soccer ball.
But Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, a conservative elected in the GOP landslide of 2010 on a promise to cut spending, reversed course last year after grim warnings about the effect on public safety, and after several teen suicides in Oklahoma City.
Now Mr Afriyie will be teleported into the chair of the Allowances Committee, with a mandate to make recommendations about the value for money provided by the Ipsa system, the accountability issues around it, how fair it is for less well off members and those with families, and its effect on public confidence in Parliament.
The final regulations are expected to be adopted in November following a public comment period and take effect next year.
Much of this, including a (20%, but still below-inflation) pay rise for public servants, will take effect almost at once.
In the case of Haiti, Miniutti said she believes the devastating images and stories are having a profound effect on the public.
Labour's Lord Lipsey branded it a "mistaken" policy, and told peers he feared its effect on the public perception of aid spending.
Of course a national standard for such public dashboards will have an effect similar to when, despite initial resistance, all football players were required to wear helmets.
This has already had some effect on the public-sector banks.
The celebrity effect has increased public awareness of bipolar disorder, but now more work is needed for the public to gain a better understanding of other illnesses such as schizophrenia.
This provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, effective next year, will have the effect of forcing public corporations to open kimonos they have long cinched tight--even companies with relatively transparent disclosure practices.
If and when face-recognition technology improves to the point where surreptitious cameras can routinely recognise individuals, privacy, as it has existed in the public sphere, will in effect be wiped out.
But one of the most pressing issues facing our country is rising healthcare costs, and these costs effect both private and public dollars.
The net effect of encouraging European public opinion to expect an accord within roughly a year will be to intensify the pressure to complete a conventional forces treaty irrespective of its terms or flaws.
He said this charter was about "empowering tenants" and "empowering the government" so it could see public money was having the right effect and the resources would be directed at those who meet "the obligations and responsibilities" that the charter outlines.
Progression pay is the effect on pay packets of public sector workers moving up a pay band.
Japan's worst banks will be transferred, in effect, from private to public ownership.
Now you might say if universities are dependent on the public sector there might be a chilling effect as well.
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