Word: affected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...dealing with some other Third World leaders, Gorbachev has shown the iron teeth rather than the broad smile. He told Pakistan's Zia ul-Haq that continued Pakistani assistance to guerrillas battling Soviet troops in Afghanistan would affect relations with the U.S.S.R. "in the most negative way." Said Zia: "Gorbachev was twisting my arm." Zia did not yield...
Traditionally, the Soviets have employed a kind of Orwellian Newspeak in their pronouncements. Western leaders were invariably "certain imperialist circles," their followers "faithful lackeys." But the current Kremlin spokesmen slip easily into Western argot and affect a more relaxed, laid-back style. Ebullient Eduard Shevardnadze, the new Foreign Minister who replaced Andrei Gromyko (known as Grim Grom by Western newsmen), disarmed U.S. officials during a technical discussion of arms control at Helsinki last month with a rare display of Soviet humility. "Well, of course, I'm not a real expert!" he reportedly exclaimed and then turned to informally solicit...
...come to occupy most of their time. No small task for just seven men, the Corporation members oversee University investments, conduct fund drives such as the successfully concluded $350 million capital campaign, manage the budget for twelve different faculties, and fight against national programs or policies bound to affect education adversely. You may occasionally see them emanating from the former President's Mansion near Lamont Library, but other than that, they'll be invisible until Commencement celebrations...
...Brennan, who wrote both majority opinions, concluded in the Grand Rapids case that by physically entering parochial schools, public school teachers are supplying not only a direct subsidy but also that "crucial symbolic link between government and religion" that the Constitution does not allow. The New York ruling will affect parochial school participation in a 20-year-old federal education program that aids remedial classes. Some 183,000 of the 4.7 million federally assisted children attend private schools, most of them religious. Special classes taught by public school teachers in parochial schools will now have to end or be taught...