Some college presidents and others have suggested that a lower drinking age could have the effect of reducing alcohol abuse.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

But new research suggests that this might have a protective effect a few years later when children start school.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

These areas, called cosmic masers, are rich in gas molecules that have the effect of strengthening radio waves.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

That can have a big effect on their behavior, helping them work harder and longer in therapy sessions.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Many people think that the Industrial Revolution was the first time people began to have a major effect on the earth's ecology.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

For that reason, says Mister Stephens, the more someone swears, the less of an effect the words have.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

One person attending that evening described how the perfection of all things in the museum seemed to have an unusual effect on the guests.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

News that the president's life was in danger could have an effect on the debate.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

One researcher found that extreme cold can have a damaging effect on the mind.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

They have found that lack of gravity has a severe effect on bones.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

That is because they have a cooling effect within buildings.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

"I don't think this is going to have that big an effect on either side, whether it's the states who want to maintain their territorial integrity against the aspirations of some of their own indigenous people or, for that matter, movements that want to seek their own independence and freedom."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Experts believe that action could have a positive effect on the outcome of the meeting on nuclear terrorism.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"And if they continued to lionize him in a public fashion, that these kinds of public demonstrations can only have a profoundly negative effect on our relationship."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24