Word: effected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and by an institution that gave an award to the artist Andres Serrano. One of Serrano's pieces was a photo of a plastic crucifix immersed in the artist's urine -- a fairly conventional piece of postsurrealist blasphemy, which, though likely to have less effect on established religion than a horsefly on a tank, was bound to irk some people. Mapplethorpe's show was to contain some icy, polished and (to most straights and, one surmises, at least a few Republican gays) deeply repulsive photos of S and M queens doing this and that to one another...
...What does it say about an administration which calls itself the Education Presidency that Bush would leave these posts open? What do you think is the president's opinion regarding public opinion--should educational reform reflect it or effect...
...United States is upset that the accords set such an early date for the disbanding of the Nicaraguan rebels, as Secretary of State James A. Baker III told Costa Rican President Oscar Arias-Sanchez. Bush Administration officials prefer that the program take effect after the February 25 elections in Nicaragua...
...other reason advanced by the presidents for dismantling the Contras so quickly is the destabilizing effect of the rebels inside the Honduran borders. This may be true, but a plan to reintegrate 50,000 Contra refugees into the Nicaraguan social and political mainstream within four months doesn't seem viable...
While cuts in the defense budget are undoubtedly necessary to shrink the country's deficits, the U.S. cannot afford to let its defense-industry base shrivel away. One harmful effect would be reduced domestic competition at every level, from small subcontractors to major suppliers, which would put upward pressure on procurement costs...