Word: affected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this a new kind of consort diplomacy? Mrs. Carter [June 6] was unelected, unanointed, unappointed, but she makes a trip that could affect American interests profoundly...
Despite the protection offered a fetus by the so-called placental barrier, there is growing evidence that certain activities of a pregnant woman-smoking cigarettes, taking drugs, pursuing extreme diets-can seriously affect its wellbeing. Last week the Federal Government singled out a special danger. Citing evidence that "fetal alcohol syndrome" may be more widespread than had been supposed, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism warned pregnant women that consuming more than three ounces of pure alcohol-or perhaps as little as one ounce (two drinks)-a day could increase the risk of their giving birth...
Decisions such as these profoundly affect the interests of the buying public. But without some formal or institutionalized means of representing consumers' interests in the day-to-day operations of the government, many of these decisions will be made subject only to the influence of organized and well-financed business interest groups. Pro-business regulations often will be established, not because congressmen are sinister or because bureaucrats have been bribed, but because only one side of the story is being told...
...uncertain whether the allegations against Nelson will affect his contract as an assistant professor in Political Sciences at Claremont and officials at that school could not be reached for comment last night...
Edginess over Jerusalem's relations with Washington may affect this week's Israeli election. In an eleven-week campaign characterized by dreary mudslinging, none of the three major contenders has enticed voters with an attractive image. Labor, headed by the likely winner, Acting Premier Shimon Peres, was hurt by strikes, inflation and recurring scandals. After a brisk start, the new Democratic Movement for Change, led by Yigael Yadin, appears too elitist to many voters. The right-wing opposition Likud, whose ailing leader is onetime anti-British Terrorist Menachem Begin, was accused of maintaining an illegal bank account abroad...