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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def filterEffect(self, teff):
 """ Returns true when any of the transcript effects are present in the request. """

        ret = False
        for effect in teff.effects:
            ret = self._matchAnyEffects(effect) or ret
        return ret