Word: affectation
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...former White House strategist's apartment in Leverett and his appointment as Research Associate are unconnected. If for personal reasons he wishes to take a larger apartment off-campus later in the Spring, it will not affect his position at the Graduate School of Public Administration...
Since Scranton is prominently mentioned as a possible G.O.P. presidential nominee, his speech set off speculation about how it might affect his national chances. The likely answer: no harm done, and perhaps some good. Big Labor, after all, sends few delegates to Republican conventions. As for his political position in his own state-well, he won election in 1962 by nearly 500,000 votes without the help of organized labor's leaders...
...snow should not affect today's only scheduled event, the freshman basketball game with Bentley...
Relax & Enjoy It. Short of the outright sleeping pills, which doctors call hypnotics, there are many drugs that help to bring on sleep, but these also affect different people in different ways. Ironically, some of the best-known pep pills put some people to sleep. Many of the antihistamines, intended to relieve allergies, are also prescribed as soporifics. Virtually all the tranquilizers tend to make falling asleep easier, but their mechanisms vary...
...absence of number two man Lou Williams (with an injured wrist) and number six John Thoradike (with Law Boards) didn't affect the Crimson juggernaut greatly, however. Peter Brooks and Jim Wynne turned is 3-0 wins...