Word: affected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is one kind of psychological manipulation that Colon does admit may have some affect. He acknowledges that he is affected when coaches or fencers who never complain or voice their dissatisfaction with a call do, for once, raise an eyebrow. It is impossible, Colon says, to dismiss their judgement as easily as that of those who from the frequency of their complaints, you know are biased...
...Thomas Scott Bell walked in the rain of a Cambridge winter day, unconcerned about an exam later that same day, listening to the Bells of the past but at the same time drawn on to his private Dreamland that was his alone, which they neither understood or could affect, from which his own voice told him he would leave soon, that it was not his time. Dreamland would wait...
...rationale for the two policy stands was basically the same: both the energy program and the fuel standards would adversely affect the economy-meaning, specifically, jobs for blacks. In its eight-page analysis of Carter's program, the N.A.A.C.P. argued that the White House had overemphasized conservation measures and had offered little or nothing to increase energy production. That stress, the organization charged, "reflects the absence of a black perspective" in drawing up the plan. If black unemployment is to be reduced, the N.A.A.C.P. went on, the nation's economy must grow rapidly. Since that requires more energy...
...these reasons the decisions now being made on Vietnam will affect the future of this Administration fundamentally. I intend to support the Administration whatever the President's decisions. But these are my views...
...school Ed went out with a white girl he liked a lot, until someone told him she was very ugly. "That shook me to the point that I realized that if nobody had ever said anything to me, the relationship might have been something. I knew it shouldn't affect me because I couldn't see anything at all. I'm sure everyone realizes, though, that if you don't look good, then you already have a strike against you. I've realized that people's opinions of good looks are so different that now I won't write...