Word: effect
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authority rapidly crumbling, Jakes launched a last-minute bid to crush the uprising. Advised by Czechoslovakia's military that it would take no part in a violent action against the populace, Jakes turned in desperation to the People's Militia, units composed mostly of factory workers that function in effect as the Communist Party's private army. Beginning Nov. 19, militia units were deployed at factory gates and inside industrial compounds around the country. Care was taken to ensure that each unit was deployed outside its own home region. However, the show of militia force served only to spark further...
...project is still in the design stage and faces abundant obstacles, including concerns about the effect of sonic booms on the environment and the licensing of advanced U.S. technology to the Soviets. But the partners plan to have detailed designs ready within a few weeks and hope to fly the plane by 1995. Sukhoi will have prime responsibility for the airframe; Gulfstream will concentrate on electronics and cockpit design; and Rolls-Royce has been enlisted to help design the plane's engines...
Earlier this year, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said that he intended to push ahead with a plan to reserve at least 50 percent of the spaces in the residential houses for random assignment, later saying that such a plan might not go into effect this year. The Undergraduate Council is slated to debate the randomization issue on Sunday...
...last time you saw a sign on a bus warning you about suspicious packages? Would America want Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as neighbors instead of Canada and Mexico? Clearly, there are major differences in the immediate security needs of Israel and America, and these differences necessarily have an effect on the political liberties of those living inside Israel. For example, Israeli Arabs do not serve in the Israeli army. If such a policy were enacted in America, it would constitute an egregious violation of civil rights, yet in Israel this policy is acknowledged as crucial for security, a claim...
...time? It's only December for God's sake. We can't do anything about it for another couple of months. We can't do anything about it then either. All of you should just calm down and think about something that we can actually have an effect on--like nuclear disarmament or Third World human rights violations. Read a book if you don't like activism. Play Nintendo. I don't care. Just leave me alone...