Word: affectations
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...would be here tonight without those two people,” Avery said at the event, which took place in Quincy House’s Junior Common Room. The talk, presented by HFAI staff, focused on the ways that scrapping early admissions would affect the representation of low-income applicants to Harvard. Avery highlighted a “pipeline problem” that Harvard and other elite institutions have experienced in the past, saying that “schools can’t reform anything except the students provided to them.” “What we found...
Given that the First Amendment protects citizens’ right “to petition the government for redress of grievances,” legislators have only limited constitutional leeway to regulate political expression. But without draconian speech restrictions, reformers are left with only marginal changes that do not affect the underlying incentives to donate, and, as a result, campaign finance reforms just shift money around. So, when “soft” money was banned by the 2002 McCain-Feingold reform, candidates raised more “hard” money, and 527s (such as the Swift Boat...
...under any threat. Once they realized that the alarm was real, and it had a consequence, and that I wasn't being a town crier for no reason, they realized that it was time that we all start discussing this issue and get it out there because it could affect them just as easily as it has affected...
...surprisingly, the more involved the father, the smarter and better adjusted kids tend to turn out. A 1993 Harvard study showed that the amount of time a father spends with his children can actually affect their ability at math, and that children whose fathers encourage them in sports are more successful in their adult careers. Other researchers have found that children who were fathered well are more tolerant and socially responsible as adults. Precisely the same behavior is shown in the animal world: as part of his PowerPoint presentation, Wong Suen Kwong tells the story of how orphaned young male...
McDermott said that the construction will not affect the structure of the castle itself...