Word: effected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that way. I see the problem of the frozen assets as an indication of whether there is a change from a hostile policy. Naturally, this may have an effect on building Iran, but I believe that Iran, which is already rich with its own natural resources, will not relinquish its freedom in exchange for any amount of money...
...still waiting to see whether the President will make the tough choices necessary to establish education as a genuine priority. Some wonder, for example, why he retains the so far ineffectual Lauro Cavazos as Education Secretary. They also wonder why a self-proclaimed education President would propose, in effect, to cut federal education spending $400 million, adjusted for inflation...
What if the spirit doesn't hit? We can't afford to wait if we want to survive. While we are waiting for this sea change of attitude, we could pretend -- a notion that sounds more whimsical than it is. Scientists have found that certain actions have a feedback effect on the actor. Smilers actually feel happier; debaters become enamored of their own arguments; a good salesman sells himself first. You become what you pretend to be. We can pretend to be unselfish and connected to the earth. We can pretend that 30- ft.-long, black-tinted-glass, air-conditioned...
After his return to the U.S. in 1987, Willwerth talked frequently with reporter-researcher Lois Gilman, who is the author of The Adoption Resource Book, an information guide for those setting out to adopt a child. Gilman devoted weeks of work to the cover package, but in effect she began her personal research in 1979 when she and her husband Ernest adopted Seth, an infant from Chile, then Eve from South Korea in 1981. "We wanted this week's story to convey how much the dynamics of adoption are changing," Gilman says. "Our whole notion...
...education department at San Antonio's Trinity University. Some South Carolinians, on the other hand, feel that their three-hour high school exit exam in reading, writing and math -- which for the first time will be required for a diploma this academic year -- has already had a salutary effect. "Students are taking it seriously and studying," says Robert Paskel, a state education monitor. One worry: that kids who do not pass will become discouraged and eventually drop out. "Holding students back, especially in the lower grades, doesn't help," says Bill Honig, state superintendent of public instruction in California...