61.   High-resolution images -- or those couched in gauzy sentimentality, depending on the desired effect -- have replaced diction and discourse as the instruments of communication.

62.   If anything, the bumps have forced employees to think about what they are saying and whether it is going to have the desired effect.

63.   If the desired effect is achieved, passports should be less attractive targets for thieves because their resale value will decline.

64.   In Phase II, another small group is tested to determine whether the drug appears to produce the desired effect.

65.   In those same moments of impassioned fervor, however, my voice can just as easily achieve the opposite of the desired effect.

66.   It is also apparent that the nine interest-rate cuts approved by the Federal Reserve have not had the desired effect of stimulating the economy.

67.   It was probably calculated bravado, but it certainly had the desired effect on us.

68.   Judging by how the Bruins played, the move appeared to have the desired effect.

69.   Li appeared to avoid looking at the people with whom he shook hands, achieving less than the desired effect.

70.   Louria agreed, saying that promoting the benefits of the program is vital if the law is to have its desired effect.