In Canada, where I live, the trend toward helicopter parenting has had sobering effects.
[C4.] A More Contrite Brand of Talk Radio The firing of two radio hosts after they broadcast a live account of a couple having sex has had a sobering effect on shock radio, if only temporarily.
But the French government's crackdown on unsafe driving has had a sobering effect on wine consumption at this century-old, street-corner bistro just off the Bastille, as it has at restaurants and bars throughout France.
This has had a sobering effect on blacks.
In Africa, too, the rise of Pentecostal and other energetic churches has had a sobering effect on the Vatican.
Second, the election gave him only a thin majority, which has had a sobering effect on him.
Lisa Madigan, the attorney general of Illinois, said AmeriDebt's actions showed that the state's lawsuit -- which it will continue to pursue -- has had "a sobering effect on some of AmeriDebt's practices".
Day after day, the gloom and doom scenario, as reflected in newly released economic data, has had a sobering effect on those desperately seeking any glimmer of hope for the U.S. economy.
Last month's terrorist attacks and the mounting evidence of a recession have had a sobering effect on many businesses.
Unlike lacquer ware, whose traditionally black or cinnabar red hue has a sobering effect on its otherwise sumptuous designs, Chinese cloisonné — much of which was made for imperial court decoration — can have a gaudy opulence like that of French Rococo.
