Previous worries - the effect of the continuing protests in Hong Kong, the air strikes on Isis - remained, while further signs of weakness in the global economy added to investors' caution.
Despite this achievement, we have much to do to address the effect of the continuing fiscal crisis on New Yorkers' mental health.
The major effect of the continuing use of this carcinogen will be on lung cancer.
The effect of the continuing comprehensive education concept is gathering impact.
Ripple effects of the continuing constriction of credit are seen in the insurance industry, state and municipal finance, construction, Silicon Valley and other sectors afield from Wall Street.
However, military and police officials routinely play down casualty figures because they are under increasing pressure from their superiors to minimize the perceived effects of the continuing attacks.
"We are in the worst trading environment the industry has ever faced and must take action to offset the combined effects of the continuing global economic downturn, weakened consumer confidence and high fuel prices," British Airways said in a statement.
From housewives, to students, to local farmers, all are feeling the effects of the continuing crisis.
Having just returned from his third visit to Gaza since the war, Baird was deeply troubled by the debilitating effects of the continuing blockade on the civilian population there.
Cary Fowler, an American agronomist who inspired the building of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway near the North Pole, and author of the 2016 book, "Seeds on Ice," equates the effects of the continuing loss of crop diversity to the potential effects of nuclear war and global warming.
