Word: affected
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need to...figure out how the issues and the candidates affect our lives," she said. "It's beyond the level of party labels...
...says TIME's science writer Christine Gorman, "there is definitely something there that needs to be looked into." Gorman notes that abortions are probably not the main cause of breast cancer. Other factors such as fat content in the diet, hormonal levels, and when women have babies will affect the likelihood of developing breast cancer. "Researchers have known for years that women who become mothers before they are 30 seem to enjoy some protection against breast cancer," says Gorman. "But no one knows how pregnancy produces that benefit." One possible explanation: The number of cells in the breast increase dramatically...
...toward politics. Clinton may have the presidential race all sewn up (as many of us would like to believe), but it is still important to follow the race for the issues, foremost among which for students is education. Questions about student loan repayment plans and tuition tax deductions will affect our lives directly, so it's worth finding out all you can and supporting the candidate whose views you share...
...have devoted a major public address to affirmative-action policy--his "mend it, don't end it" speech of July 1995. Dole is the author of federal legislation to abolish affirmative action, explicitly modeled on the California initiative. Polling shows that the initiative has the clear potential to affect voter behavior in other races, including the presidential race. So why the deafening silence from Clinton and Dole...
...earnest befuddlement Grant has deployed to such good comic effect in the past serves him--and us--very well in this very different context. He's willowy and vulnerable in a way we no longer expect to find in action-movie protagonists, and for this film his affect is the great redeeming virtue...