Word: affections
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...interplay among teens, the media and sex is a complicated one. As Ireland shrewdly observes, the way a girl sees herself is more powerful than what she sees in magazines. But here's the rub: what she sees in the media does affect that self-image, especially in terms of her body. Some experts recommend media-literacy classes--as early as kindergarten. "Children need to learn how to dissect and understand this pervasive aspect of their environment," says Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect, "just as they learn to understand the seasons or Newton's laws of motion...
...will this bailout affect my mortgage? It shouldn't affect existing loans at all. But Treasury's guarantee of Frannie's debts has already brought down rates on new mortgages because worries about the companies' future had been driving up rates. Two days after the takeover, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was down to 5.79%, from an average of 6.55% the week before, according to Bankrate.com As part of the takeover, Treasury announced that it will begin buying mortgage-backed securities--starting with about $5 billion in purchases in the next month. By making more money...
...difficult for scientists to be sure that the recent increase in storm intensity hasn't occurred before, in the years before the Earth started warming. And the weather - as we all know - is complicated, which means that it's difficult to model precisely how future warming might affect the formation of storms. Climate models work well on a global level, but they can rarely be applied accurately to areas smaller than 200 square miles - which happens to be larger than many storms. "It's not just a simple relationship with sea-surface temperatures," says Curry. "It's more complicated than...
...Western cultural references affect your stories? Seth Satterlee New Orleans When I write that my character is cooking spaghetti for lunch, some Western readers say it's strange: "Why is a Japanese guy cooking spaghetti for lunch?" And when a character listens to Radiohead while driving, some people will say he's too Westernized. But that's natural...
Weigh the variables. The things that most affect the price of your policy, in order: age (see above), rate and length of coverage (most policies are from one year to five years), waiting period (benefits typically start after 30 to 90 days of illness) and inflation protection (benefits rise automatically each year...