Word: affected
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...were looking for the person who has had the most impact on the oil industry in the last 15 years and may most affect it in the future," said Henry Lee, the center's executive director. "And there is one name that comes readily to mind-and that is Yamani...
Despite all the favorable publicity, including a Time magazine cover story, you doubt a movie about space creatures can affect you emotionally. And the last time you screamed when you saw an alien on the screen you were 12 years old. But the movie is credible and terrifying. Just ask the eight people I knocked heads with under the seat...
...conflicts worsen in South Africa, the Reagan Administration continues to cast about for ways to reshape its policy of "constructive engagement," which has attempted to coax and cajole the country into making changes in apartheid. Apparently, the White House is nearing a decision on an appointment that could deeply affect that policy: the U.S. ambassadorship to Pretoria. Herman Nickel, who has held that post for four years and played an important role as the local spokesman for constructive engagement, will reportedly step down by the end of the month...
Clearly the main culprit in the battle for an open decision making process at this University is the administration itself. It condescendingly views student protest as a kind of quaint extracurricular activity which doesn't affect the University. It even tries to squelch participation in its affairs by tampering with elections by its own alumni, as it did this year in the annual vote for the Board of Overseers. (The Board is a 30-member alumni body which technically oversees all decisions by the policy-making Harvard Corporation...
Which brings us to student journalists. By grouping those who do try to affect Harvard under the general heading of activist, we do a disservice to the community. One need not be a constant gadfly to participate in a society. Journalists have a tendency to concentrate on the loudest or bestknown matters of contention in our community. But that doesn't mean divestment is the only issue of concern at Harvard. In addition to the omnipresent South Africa questions, there are questions about the diversity of the faculty, the effectiveness of a liberal arts education, University relations with Cambridge...