Word: affectations
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...think all my Republican colleagues want to skin the President. Probably some Democrats think we are going too far." But despite his desire to move quickly, Bayh urged caution. "We want to do this so neither side can say we are heating up or slowing down in order to affect the convention. We don't want to go charging out there like Keystone Cops and come out with a handful of feathers-unless this is all there is, feathers...
...reductions will affect about 1350 Harvard students who receive BEOGs, Elizabeth M. Hicks, associate director of financial aid, said yesterday, adding that Harvard will make up the $50 loss for all students by using scholarship funds. The average grant for a student here is about $1000, she said...
...think the change will affect students all that much," Jane Glickman, a spokesman for the Department of Education, said yesterday, adding that she though colleges "will make every effort" to make up for the reductions...
Iranian anger at what was seen as American protection of the ousted dictator boiled over. Militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, took everyone present hostage, and demanded that the Shah be returned to stand trial for various "crimes." Washington refused. There was no indication how his death would affect the 52 Americans who are still being held captive after eight months...
...most men to register: the fear of prosecution, the thought that not signing the goddamn card may mean five years in jail. On the steps of the post office several guys wondered how many hadn't registered. They asked how the court rulings of the last two weeks would affect the chances of successful prosecution. They questioned what a felony conviction would do to one's career prospects. "What's going to happen if I don't?" they asked, again and again...