But certain decisions have a telling demonstration effect beyond their actual content.

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My belief is that Flipboard is going to have a seismic effect on the way we experience certain web-related activities.

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To the contrary, they are certain to have the effect of making such a turn-around unlikely until it is still harder, if not as a practical matter impossible, to effect.

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Both GM and Chrysler faced the stark choice of seeking government support or facing almost certain uncontrolled liquidations, which would have had a ripple effect across the industry, causing at least one million more jobs to be lost.

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Dr Wehr suspects that the effect may have to do with a surge, during the wee hours, of certain hormones associated with the thyroid.

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