Word: affected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...companies could have influenced the price of oil by regulating the Saudi supply. In any case, Baxter noted that Saudi oil production has fallen to 5 million bbl. daily from its peak of 10 million, so that "control over Saudi production alone may no longer be sufficient to affect the price...
...more far-reaching charge: lying about using her post to help Republicans get reelected. Despite evidence that she had a special "election track" for cleaning up certain dump sites in key congressional races, the jury believed her assertion that politics, while discussed in her office, did not affect her decisions. At the eight-day trial, Lavelle insisted that she had simply followed Administration policy by negotiating with polluters instead of engaging in lengthy court battles. The Administration, her lawyers charged, had made her a "scapegoat." After the verdict, Lavelle quietly wept. Said she: "I am very, very disappointed." She faces...
...become overcrowded: the parole eligibility dates of offenders convicted of nonviolent crimes are then brought forward by between 30 to 90 days, allowing officials to release enough inmates to bring the population down. Patterned on a 1980 Michigan statute, the laws are easier for legislators to accept because they affect only the tail end of a prisoner's sentence. Michigan's law has been invoked six times, resulting in the early release of about 2,000 inmates. But it cannot be used too often. "It's becoming increasingly less effective," says Michigan Director of Corrections Perry Johnson...
...vision of "Euroshima" flies in the face of the logic of the NATO decision: to visibly and tangibly reinforce "extended deterrence," that is, the coupling of the defense of Western Europe to the American nuclear arsenal in the face of a growing military threat which does not directly affect the territory of the United States...
...before any information is released it must pass through at least two phases of screening. First, the National Security Council reviews the transcripts to remove all material that may affect current or future national security. Second, the Kennedy family can have a say on what is opened and what...