Word: effected
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...assault weapons should be banned from manufacture and sale throughout the United States. Such a ban is already in effect in a number of states. Furthermore, a buyback program should be created to focus especially on semiautomatic and multiple-cartridge weapons--the sort that are made to kill other human beings...
...there are many types of weapons to choose from, "the Air Force or any [Department of Defense] operation takes a very serious look at a particular weapon or any sort of munition to be used; it is not a random decision and it is made looking for a particular effect...
Frank T. Pasquarello, the CPD's spokesperson, said that although the pepper spray story "got blown out of proportion," it had no effect on morale...
...most disturbing effect of this controversy has been what it has revealed about the U.S. political climate regarding Puerto Rico. One has to wonder--if this issue dealt with the lives of prisoners of another ethnicity or nationality that is prominent in New York--would President Clinton then be accused of trying to win that group's votes for his wife? Could the core of this reaction be the threat of a non-white group having grown in numbers and risen in power and prominence in one of the U.S. major cities...
Will the international pressure have an effect? The answer is still unclear...