Word: affectively
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...weaken the skin." To avoid that, he uses only Dr. Hauschka's line, agreeing with its philosophy that products work internally and externally. He also offers his alternative on the antiaging process?the Laser Aramis 2. "The word laser makes everyone nervous," he admits. "But this doesn't affect the epidermis?the first four layers of skin?but affects the dermis [underneath], which then stimulates the collagen that gently plumps out the face." The procedure has to be performed once a month for four months and then once a year after that. Other highlights include sliding into the body-length...
...handle largely because no one was to blame and no one thing was wrong: no one was trying to be hurtful or cruel; we just had different work habits and expectations. For a month we tried to compromise and tiptoe around the issues. Our rooming conflicts, however, began to affect profoundly the ability of our struggling roommate to work, sleep and coexist with the other four of us. Five young women who should have been friends barely spoke, rarely brought friends over, and could not feel at home in their own room...
...this directive] of Romano Prodi to reinstate the inheritance tax abolished by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in one of his first acts on taking office in 2001. The debate is erupting now because death duties of up to 40%, once paid only by the affluent, are starting to affect a growing number of middle-class Europeans - and will likely hit millions more in the decade to come. "Inheritance tax used to be a problem for the rich. Now it's a problem for you and me," says Anne Young, a tax expert at the Edinburgh financial-services firm Scottish...
Guessing how the very first stars formed is relatively easy, since the universe was so simple at the start of the Dark Ages. By the end, however, things were starting to get complicated. The stars had begun to affect their environment, and the environment in turn affected the stars in feedback loops that nobody has completely figured out. That's why astronomers want to test their theories with observation, and they will need a new generation of telescopes...
...Democracy is not a spectator sport. The fact that I'm able to participate in some small way in debates and policies that affect my country overrides any smears and name-calling that comes with the job. One critic called me "short," which really bothered me - I'm 5'5". The attacks from Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and the New York Post, the way I was labeled a "Nazi propagandist" - that all comes with the territory. Being called names by people who make their career through name-calling is to be expected. It would be na?ve...