Word: affected
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Subversion is not, as of now, a national issue. But the issue will affect some dis tricts. Example: California's Sixth, where Democrat Robert L. Condon is seeking reelection. Last year, Condon was refused security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission because of past associations. Although his district is traditionally Democratic, he may lose to the Republican candidate, Attorney John F. Baldwin...
...ideas." He returned to Hillsboro to resume his duties as county engineer. The county commissioners tried to fire him, but strong-minded Partridge contended that he had job tenure, that his setting fire to the school was an after-hours act performed as a private person and did not affect his professional competence as a county engineer...
...over 1,000,000 workers; a fractional miscalculation could cost U.S. employers millions of dollars in paychecks. The farm support program is based on the Agriculture Department's calculations of how much farmers must pay for such essentials as tractors, seed and fertilizer. Since these calculations in turn affect the prices of farm products, the U.S. housewife meets Government statistics every time she stops at the check-out counter of the supermarket. Department stores use Federal Reserve Board retail-sales figures to plan buying and to control inventories. Railroads use Government figures for rate bases; makers of building materials...
...Last week's wildcat strike by 6,000 A.F.L. building workers slowed new construction at Oak Ridge but did not affect production...
...change of climate is slow and undramatic, but Dr. Frederiksen thinks that it is none too soon for governments to plan for the warmer future. The change will affect the economy of nations, the health of their people and the politics of the world. "Already," he says, "we are deep in the warming-up period...