We want to have an effect: Push a button and make a mark that others can acknowledge.
But a lot of consultants' time has gone into drawing up this plan, which will in effect, push money and effort less where its wanted and more where its needed.
The overall effect is to push up the real growth of total public expenditure in 2000-01 from the 5% expected in the budget to almost 7%.
The effect of this was to push up the performance of small caps relative to that of large caps in the first weeks of the year.
If Apple is to make the most of the halo effect from the iPod to push its upmarket computers on greater numbers of customers, it would be well to do so as soon as it can.
All this murk is having an effect on the EU's ability to push ahead with closer cooperation in justice and home affairs.
In addition to her legislation, Gillibrand said Sunday she would push to stop interest rate hikes set to go into effect in July for federal Stafford loans.
One effect of the euro-area crisis was to push the euro down against the dollar in the early months of this year helping German firms but harming American exporters.
The effect has been to slow already meagre growth further and push up inflation.
The Federal Reserve, having lowered short-term interest rates in effect to zero, has intervened in bond markets to push down long-term mortgage rates as well.
Therefore, people who are using the Internet legitimately need not fear a chilling effect, said Mark Litvack, vice president and legal director of anti-piracy for the MPAA. Jonathan Zittrain, also a fellow at the Berkman Center, agreed, saying that such an effect need only be feared if the MPAA tries to push the ruling too far.
Researchers are now considering whether to push ahead towards clinical trials to find if the substance has a similar effect in humans.
On top of that, there are occasional moments where the developers pull a few surprises and push the images out of the screen, introducing a cinema-like effect that is very impressive.
For years, conservatives have argued such unions have an outsize influence in picking the elected officials who are, in effect, their bosses, putting them in a strong position to push for more jobs, and thus more political clout.
The new regulations were intended to go into effect in June 2012, but the FDA announced today that it will push back enforcement of the rules until mid-December 2012.
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Call it the Das Boot effect: With their deep keels and heavy ballast, J-boats push such a mass of water that they tend to hunker down in a breeze, submerging the bow and stern and soaking practically everyone on deck.
Those concerns have been compounded by a failed push on gun control and a similarly unsuccessful effort to avert automatic spending cuts that took effect in March.
But according to Estate Net France, an agent for luxury property on the Riviera, the only effect has been to increase the number of properties on the market and to push prices down slightly, at least for the moment.
It worried partly that unauthorised investors were playing in India's markets, but also about the effect of hedge-fund investments on the rupee and financial stability: huge inflows push a currency up, but also make it vulnerable to collapse if the money rushes out again.
The club has been trying to push through plans and raise funds for an expansion for eight years, however, the "Louis Smith effect" meant it was struggling to cope with a growing waiting list and outdated facilities.
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The uproar from community banks might be just enough to push back the rollout of the first phase of Basel III, the global banking regulatory framework scheduled to go into effect early next year.
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