Word: affected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smoke pot on the road. Says Allen Carter, "I hear on the radio all the time, 'anybody working high? Anybody got a joint?' " A five-year U.C.L.A. study just completed reports that even a few tokes of marijuana reduce driver reaction time from 10% to 20% and affect peripheral vision as well as the driver's ability to judge distances. Many truckers disdain the weed, claiming it puts them to sleep. Other truckers argue that, as one of them puts it, "It depends on what kind of smoke you got - Colombia Red Bud, Mexican Brown, home grown...
...Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing, after his exuberant sojourn in the U.S., stopped in Tokyo on his way home and told the Japanese that America has shown indecision and "lacks direction" in handling the Iran crisis. Secretary of Energy James Schlesinger declared that the crisis could affect our oil supplies more severely than the embargo...
...necessity, every institution--a hospital, a school, a prison--has rules which facilitate its operation. The Harvard Corporation has its rules. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has its rules, and these are the rules which most affect and twist our lives here...
Harvard officials say they are now trying to set up a dialogue with the city--something that should have been done long ago. Cambridge residents deserve to be consulted on matters that affect their daily lives, and the consultation should be more than just press releases. Harvard administrators should be willing to offer compromises and to negotiate to find the best way to achieve the goals of both the University and the people of Cambridge...
...physical examinations. For example, Mary Ellen McConaghay, the nurse practitioner at the North Cambridge Clinic, stresses the importance of examining the whole person during a physical. She takes time to study not only the patient's physical health, but also examines social and psychological factors that may affect his physical well-being...