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In that case, if affected security holders do not block the deal, harassed U. S. railroad management will have effected the first important railroad consolidation since 1929.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bill in this case will have effected five payments, exactly as if it were a �10 note payable to the bearer on demand.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various

Similarly, when Jupiter has completed a revolution and a half, Saturn will have effected three fifths of a revolution.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert

Better informed than others, however, I anticipate the ravages which ten years will have effected on her, and sigh over evils which as yet do not exist.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence;387 consequently he is occasionally subjected to a severe struggle for existence, and natural selection will have effected whatever lies within its scope.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles