The most dynamic American in the field, William Christie, has cast his lot to wondrous effect with the French.

It has the wondrous effect of wiping years off his face.

What a wondrous effect!

As he says: "Magic is on that fine line between wondrous effect and hilarious, catastrophic failure."

Nor is he simply a thrill-seeking recreational user, curious about impotence drugs' supposedly wondrous physical effects.

"The word soldiers had a most wondrous rousing effect."

He focused on the wondrous coloristic effects of the instrumental writing and Mr. Ligeti's inventiveness.

Entreri could hardly believe they could not see him-yet another wondrous effect of the marvelous sword.

Hollywood, for all its wondrous special effects, has never been able to get a firm grip on the weather.