Word: affected
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...charge that Clinton is ethically challenged. In sharp contrast to the bipartisan outrage over Watergate and Iran-contra, the Whitewater hearings broke down completely along partisan lines. This may help explain why most voters seem to be treating the affair as too embroiled in political wrangling to affect their votes in November. But that is also why the FBI files story has at least the potential to cause real political damage. If Democrats with a passion for civil liberties come to believe that top White House officials were abusing the privacy of their political opponents, that could be enough...
...people you've selected are those whose 'ideas and visions, tastes and beliefs' affect our lives, then where are we headed?" A. SPIRO SKENTZOS North Hollywood, California...
...people you've selected are those whose "ideas and visions, tastes and beliefs" affect our lives, then where are we headed? Granted, Calvin Klein has done as much for jeans as Martha Stewart has for domesticity. But are these people really more influential than our parents, civil and religious leaders or teachers? My high school journalism teacher, Elizabeth Spaulding, is retiring this year after achieving more than your 25 important people. She taught her students how to make their own beliefs, visions, ideas and tastes, and not just accept the status quo. Now that's truly having an influence...
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, Kenan professor of government, said he thought the decision was an indication of a trend away from affirmative action--a trend that could affect Harvard's admissions practices...
However Tribe also noted that if the Supreme Court makes a ruling about a program in which race is merely a factor, the decision could indeed affect Harvard's policies...