Word: affected
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PARIS: France says its latest spy scandal won't affect relations with NATO, but don't bet on that. Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine insisted Wednesday that the actions of Pierre Bunel, a senior French officer arrested for passing NATO secrets to the Serbs, are "in no way linked to our policies." That's a relief, since Bunel is suspected of informing the Serbs of NATO's planned targets in Kosovo -- which would have put NATO pilots (including Frenchmen) at risk...
...trouble with people who set their houses on fire is that they affect not only everyone living in the house but the neighbors as well. The house that was once the pride of the village is suddenly the blight, and one wants it either flattened or restored to its former glory. If it merely continues to stand where it is, it creates a perpetual Halloween and haunts the whole town...
...well. In a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry this month, researchers found abnormal levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain, in women who had been free of bulimia for at least a year. That may help explain why drugs like Prozac and Zoloft, which affect serotonin, have allowed a lot of bulimics to stop bingeing. Unfortunately, the pills don't work as well for anorexia. Nor do they offer a simple one-stop cure. Health-care workers must re-educate their patients in how to eat and think about food...
...will always need hospitals like Duke for help with the serious, tragic and complex medical problems that may affect any one of us. But what of the hardworking men and women who each day try, without fanfare, to provide humane, affordable, high-quality medical care despite the obstruction of regulators, the parsimony of businesses and the suspicions of a disillusioned and fearful public? These dedicated professionals are the real heroes in medicine. MICHAEL RADETSKY, M.D. Albuquerque...
Nasty divorces are increasingly commonplace, and there is no doubt that their affect on children is profound. So why do some of those children go on to carve themselves up while others do not? Strong hardly mentions cases like these. She does link self-mutilation to eating disorders, however, which clearly occur among people with loving and intact families...