Word: effected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although much was made by Western observers of the original vulnerability of backward, predominantly peasant societies to a Marxist takeover, little attention has been paid to the effect of that characteristic on their subsequent development. The Marxist-Leninist regimes of the Soviet Union and China, as well as their variants in Cuba, Albania and North Korea, relied on the peasant mentality of the majority of their populations. Beyond making it possible for well-organized, small revolutionary groups to take power, this attribute also enabled them to consolidate power after the revolution and maintain control as the regime matured...
MISS FIRECRACKER. Holly Hunter reprises her stage role as a lovelorn orphan determined to win a beauty contest. Mary Steenburgen and Alfre Woodard also shine in Beth Henley's comedy about the danger of holding on to youthful dreams and the liberating effect of letting them...
...muddle over one of the most pressing ecological issues: global warming. James Hansen, a top scientist in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was all set to brief a congressional committee on how the buildup of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere could create a greenhouse effect and produce severe climate changes. Hansen believes this greenhouse warming may have already started...
...text was amended by officials at the Office of Management and Budget, who routinely review statements made to Congress by members of the Administration. OMB staffers inserted a disclaimer stating that scientific projections of the impact of global warming were merely "estimates" and "not reliable predictions." To Hansen, the effect of the change was to water down his testimony. When he appeared before a Senate subcommittee, he handed out the OMB-revised written testimony, but then gave his own uncensored views of the dangers of global warming...
...think [the layoff] is going to have a positive effect," Joslin said. "The energy level is going to be so high. People have been serious about running and keeping fit. Everyone is so geared...