Sentence examples for effective middle from inspiring English sources

Alfredo Aceves, an effective middle reliever last season, has permitted one run in 10 innings this spring.

The problem is that there just doesn't seem to be an effective middle ground between military action and Mr. Annan's diplomacy.

But I think in a good and realistic scenario, where we had an effective middle tier, we would have 2,000 fewer schools in the [lowest] categories of requiring improvement or special measures," Laws said.

The 2008 Angels are extraordinarily deep on the mound, with five reliable starters (John Lackey, Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders, Jered Weaver and Jon Garland) delivering leads to effective middle relievers and a lights-out closer, Francisco Rodríguez.

Eppley, 26, pitched two scoreless innings, continuing his emergence as an effective middle reliever for a team that has pieced together its pitching staff in the wake of injuries to Pettitte and C. C. Sabathia.

Shot on a high-contrast, black-and-white stock that suggests both "A Hard Day's Night," the lighthearted Beatles fantasy of pop stardom, and "Don't Look Back," D. A. Pennebaker's down-to-earth profile of Bob Dylan, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" finds an effective middle course between fan club worshipfulness and the studied detachment of the professional journalist.

There are effective middle-ground positions, too, between schmaltz and art, like Mr. Haden's "Nightfall" and Don Sebesky's "Bittersweet," which has a ring of the Charlie Parker With Strings records of the 1950's.

provides a program that recruits and trains highly-effective middle school teachers to revolutionize their students' education through the enrichment of racial identity, rigorous academics, and the promotion of self-advocacy.

Confronting the toughest diplomatic challenge of its 15 months in office, the Bush administration is struggling to forge an effective Middle East policy as escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence and the rush of events rapidly shift the ground beneath it.

"Whether or not he could've been successful before, he no longer can be an effective Middle East mediator," Price wrote.

And one hopes that this acknowledgment is the first step toward a better informed and more effective Middle East policy.