"to the extent that" for "to the effect that" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> About your signature line, it should be noted that the
> official quote from the White House is "Destroying human life
> in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical." Apparently
> the prefix "un-" was just too difficult to attach to the base.
>

Or maybe Bush (or the speechwriter) just liked the way one version
sounded, over the other.  "Not ethical" is subtly different, and
slightly better, to my ear.  "Not" takes just a little more emphasis
than "un" when spoken.
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