Word: affections
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...Proliferation Prevention Act, cutting off military and economic aid, totaling about $140 million annually, and barring military exports and U.S. bank loans. These restrictions will not gravely damage India's economy, but the U.S. is also bound to oppose loans from the IMF and the World Bank, which could affect $14.5 billion worth of projects. Vajpayee shrugged it all off as the price of success. "India will not be cowed by threats and punitive steps," he said...
...highest objective was to foster a sense of community amongst the Korean students at Harvard. I had hoped that most Korean students could participate in KSA activities, share the Korean culture, and together get involved in any capacity on issues that affect Koreans politically," Choi says. "Some people use the term KSA to refer to a social clique, a Korean drinking group; it was never meant for that purpose," he says...
...Teachers Association, for instance, are each assessed just $32 a year for political uses. But that adds up. Two years ago, the C.T.A. contributed $2 million to California candidates and parties. If Prop. 226 eventually deflates union financial power, it could remake the political map of California: it could affect races for the state legislature that will control the crucial reapportionment of congressional districts following the Census...
With the exception of Donald Fisher, CEO of Gap, Inc., who has been a prominent donor to the 226 effort, California businesses have been staying out of this fight. To make sure they do, labor has threatened to introduce counter-initiatives that could negatively affect the tax status of corporations that make political contributions. And by some interpretations, Prop. 226 could be used to require corporations to get their stockholders' permission before making political contributions...
...nature of good science to continue to ask good questions. There are speculations that the shroud's image may have been created by a "burst" of energy at the time of the Resurrection. Could such a burst have altered the fabric in a way that would affect the outcome of this modern dating method? JONATHAN SMITH Calico Rock...