Word: affected
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Although universities do not take institutional positions on political questions that do not affect them directly, I have worked as a private citizen since last spring in support of sanctions legislation. Specifically, I testified last May before a Senate committee in behalf of the strongest set of sanctions considered by that body (sanctions that were consistent with positions taken by the University as a shareholder toward companies in which Harvard holds stock). In July, I drafted a letter supporting sanctions that was signed by 19 other university presidents and sent to Senate leaders. Eventually, after both Houses of Congress were...
...order to reach kids and affect real change, Cruz says, ideology sometimes has to be compromised. "I hope to be some sort of leader, one who gets things done, whether it's with the Republicans or the Democrats...
Jewett said he is "trying to come into this job without a lot of predispositions to the issues." He said he will attempt to develop an approach from what he learns and to establish consensus opinions on issues that affect large numbers of people...
...psychology that seems to underlie the epidemic is as numbing as the statistics. Many of these young killers display an absence of what psychiatrists call affect. They show no discernible emotional reaction to what they have done. Some seem incapable even of regarding their victims as human beings. The senseless nature of it all baffles Paul Maurice, a retired black homicide detective from New York. "It appears that they don't have any idea of the consequences of taking someone's life," he says. "When you get a guy to 'fess...
...order to reach kids and affect real change, Cruz says, ideology sometimes has to be compromised. "I hope to be some sort of leader, one who gets things done, whether it's with the Republicans or the Democrats...