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  • She was altogether pleased with the effect-and with the statue itself.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Ironically, abruptly ending our friendship has set the shadowing seduction technique in full effect-and Rajj is chasing after this black woman and he can't help himself.

    Zondra Hughes: Let Me Downgrade Ya' 2008

  • No system ever created by man - be that political or economical-can ever become more than just another behavior of one of the many life forms within this system and thus it can never be separated and excluded from the law of cause and effect-and ultimately, equilibrium - within that system.

    Population Control - but not by us 2007

  • I read it, and had mixed emotions: it was a major fantasy that would surely put my collaborator on the map when published, but it needed the kind of editing and revamping I could do to give it full effect-and it was

    Yon Ill Wind Anthony, Piers 1996

  • I read it, and had mixed emotions: it was a major fantasy that would surely put my collaborator on the map when published, but it needed the kind of editing and revamping I could do to give it full effect-and it was

    Yon Ill Wind Anthony, Piers 1996

  • She paused for breath-and dramatic effect-and I heard the sound of liquid being poured.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • "All the magic of the Land of Xanth derives from this effect-and all of it together would not make up a single letter of the Demon's formula."

    The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979

  • But many disease sufferers may need several new drugs at once to have an effect-and, unlike older combination drugs, some of these medicines may work only as combinations, not by themselves.

    unknown title 2011

  • Had this rule remained in effect-and had the SEC enforced the prohibition against naked short selling-the manipulation of the markets by unregulated hedge funds taking massive short positions would not have been possible.

    Latest Articles Aim.org 2010

  • Volcanoes had a small effect (about 2\%), and sunlight had no discernable effect-and I measured the sun's influence four different ways, TSI, sunspot cycle, years since maximum, and years since minimum.

    RealClimate 2009

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