He said its effect was very extraordinary and wonderful, like a miracle.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

The effect of a disease - or a condition like obesity - can be tallied by a measure called quality-adjusted life years lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

in my lifetime. Like I cannot imagine anyone who is more famous than Michael Jackson, like dying, which is going to have such a big effect."

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

We controlled for other well-known fixed calendar (we call them Gregorian anomalies), notably,day of the week effect, like Monday,January effect, Halloween effect, and none of those factors explained results.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Ali Nourizadeh of the London-based Center for Arab and Iranian Studies says Iran thinks that by spending $50 million it can rival Western broadcasters, but he doubts it will succeed: "The Iranians know the effect of international media, especially those Farsi-speaking media like Voice of America and the BBC.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16