Word: affected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Recent federal cuts in funding for research in Soviet-bloc affairs will not adversely affect Harvard's Russian Research Center, said Associate Director Marshall I. Goldman...
...authors have been careful to discount race as one of the constitutional factors that might affect crime rates. They write that studies show "race is far less important than age, sex, intelligence and the other individual factors that vary within races." That may not be enough to mollify some liberals in the field, who are already beginning to call Crime and Human Nature a right-wing book for a right-wing age. "This has nothing to do with the conservative times," Wilson insists. "Do not put the book in that framework...
...first targets of gene therapy, many researchers have singled out three rare diseases that affect on the order of one birth per 100,000. In all cases the genes have already been isolated and extensively studied. What is more, biologists hope that for at least two of the disorders, only a tiny amount of the enzyme need be produced to alleviate the worst symptoms. The & likeliest candidates: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome; adenosine deaminase deficiency, an immune disorder of the type that killed the famous "Bubble Boy"; and purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, another illness of the immune system. As investigators learn ever...
...payload bay). Mission Commander Larry Cerier of Chicago and Pilot Bill Parker of Friendswood, Texas, worked out the problems coolly. The right stuff. They even got a little cocky. They began to try out banter over the radio in the style of deadpan macho that astronauts affect. When the fire started, Parker took emergency steps (activating switches to spray the area with a chemical fire retardant) and offered a nonchalant little witticism: "Uh, that's a roger, Houston . . . We have standby marshmallows on board." The mission calmed down and Commander Cerier improvised in low-key astronautical style...
...possibly illegal question, try to avoid answering directly. For example, "Do you plan to have children in the next few years?" A good answer might be: "I'm not sure of my plans at this point, but I'm sure, whatever they turn out to be, they will not affect my ability to perform my job. Are there specific requirements of this job that would make family planning difficult...