Last year she made the mistake of giving her annual bottle of cologne to my uncle, who preceded to squirt three-quarters of its contents all over my dad's office effects with the door closed after he had left for the night.
Yes, change is possible, because we can see examples of the beneficial creative and box-office effect of gender inclusiveness right in front of us, right now.
It remains to be seen whether the dual casting for The Little Foxes will have the same box-office effect as it did on True West: many people wanted to see the show twice to witness two of the finest actors of their generation in the different roles.
It was not yours, but belonged to the Post Office: in effect, the government.
In the three months since Mr. Berlusconi took office, his effect on Italian political life has been outsized.
More likely, we concluded: "Deep Throat was trying to protect the office, to effect a change in its conduct before all was lost".
His office, in effect, is the same spot in the kitchen where he cuts fish, orders supplies, conceives menus, plates food, and supervises his staff.
The Italian Parliament tonight granted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while he remains in office, in effect suspending his corruption trial days before he assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union.
Earlier that morning, Haugen had asked Joe Kibugu, the field director of the mission's Nairobi office, "What effect will it have if a pack of mzungu white people—"enter the courtroom?
In response, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced that he was appointing the army commander, Gen. Anupong Paochinda, the sole commander of what had been a civilian-military security office, in effect putting security operations entirely in the hands of the military.
