Word: effected
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...Wednesday, the United Nations announced that over 11 million children have been orphaned by AIDS, with 95 percent of those orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. The effect of AIDS in these countries, which still lack adequate containment mechanisms, let alone treatment, is a daily terror. The region, which makes up less than five percent of the world's population, has been the home of more than half of the world's documented AIDS cases...
...also be attributed to a self-perpetuating effect--lower crime rates mean police have more time to patrol, which helps to reduce crime even more, according to industry experts...
...strict new policy, which authorizes police officers to issue a summons to underage drinkers on the first offense and to make an arrest on the second offense, went into effect on November 15, according to the Wellesley News, the college's weekly newspaper...
While Wellesley Dean of Students Geneva Walker-Johnson said she thinks students are taking the new policy seriously, students said they were skeptical that the new policy would have much of a deterrent effect...
...when the change takes effect, a student leaving college with $30,000 in loans at 8 percent interest--the rate for Harvard's student loan program--would owe $2,400 in interest the first year and would save $142 on state income taxes. The interest and savings would both decrease as the principal is paid...