Word: affected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan dispatched a message of condolence that expressed his wish for "genuine cooperation with the Soviet Union to make the world better." Said former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance: "A change of leadership in Russia is always a political turning point, and our policies and actions toward them can affect the direction in which the Soviets move...
...claws under their new leader, Neil Kinnock, and Thatcher's Tory backbenchers have risen up in mini-rebellions. The government's recent decision to ban union members from employment at the super-secret Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham, because of the fear of work stoppages that could affect security, was vigorously attacked. Not only Labor and the unions but civil libertarians and many other Britons expressed opposition to the policy as fundamentally unfair. Thatcher has also been subjected to hostile grilling in the Commons about the business dealings of her son Mark, 30. He is consultant...
...such as the affirmative action office and the minority recruitment office, those offices where they are segregated and move them into finance. They have the ability to move into finance, they have the ability to move into governmental and political relations they have the ability to move into alumni affect. They have their own networks and they will bring more people into the University. But we've got to move to a critical mass on this University, and not into grate units, one person at a time...
...underwent more than 30 excruciating operations, only, in the end, to have his right leg amputated/Coward, in precarious health, saw his last shows fail. He became a melodic antiques dealer, incongruously parading his elegant wares in Las Vegas. None of this misfortune appeared to affect the victims; to the public, each man presented a sophisticated shrug. Porter's attitude seemed encapsulated in a verse: "It was great fun,/ But it was just one of those things." Coward sang, "I believe that since my life began/ The most I've had is just/ A talent to amuse...
...fees were to help replace that subsidy. But the House last November passed a bill striking down most access charges, and the Senate was preparing to pass its version of the bill. Before the Senate got around to voting, the FCC announced its move. The delay will not affect companies with more than one phone; they will still have to pay the new charges...