With partisan gerrymandering, House members in effect pay a penalty if they reach out too much to members of the other party.
Alternatively, Mr. Annan said, nations could contribute the salaries of judges and staff members, in effect paying for the court in kind.
A bargaining group for Hollywood's largest movie and television companies on Wednesday told its members, in effect, not to expect a breakthrough in stalled talks with the Screen Actors Guild before their scheduled end on Friday.
LOS ANGELES — A bargaining group for Hollywood's largest movie and television companies on Wednesday told its members, in effect, not to expect a breakthrough in stalled talks with the Screen Actors Guild before their scheduled end on Friday.
She pledged to break the powerful federation, announcing an end to its automatic right to enrol police officers as its members, in effect curtailing the closed shop in policing.
Its approach was to have a lending officer accompanied by one of the bank's trustees (board members, in effect) visit every mortgage applicant on the Saturday after each application was filed.
So the union has decided to focus its pressure tactics on the far more visible Metropolitan Opera and on its board members, in effect asking the Met and its board to put pressure on Restaurant Associates to agree to the expedited way of granting union recognition.
The executive branch was first the Executive Committee, consisting of three members, in effect from 1843 to 1845; in 1845, a single governor position was created.
Billboards or shops, for instance, could in effect become members of the network, and beam special offers or messages to other members as they pass by.
The nominating committee will have 19 members chosen by various constituencies, but 1 member representing individual users and 4 members representing public interest groups will in effect be chosen by the current board.
