Word: affectations
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Coach Dave Fish extolled Kirsch's play and attitude, emphasizing that the team's only senior hasn't let the fact that he has been playing only third doubles all year affect the way he practices. Thus, Kirsch has been able to step in and sustain the quality and intensity of his play, and record three singles victories...
...that the events in Iran and Afghanistan were outside of their purview?that they were not covered by the terms either of the NATO alliance or the American defense treaty with Japan. Technically, this is true, but events far distant from Europe or East Asia may still profoundly affect the security of those regions. Referring to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter last week said that unless the allies "stand united [and] take firm action to show the Soviets that they will suffer because of it, that might lead to increasing encroachment by the Soviet Union against other countries...
...free market spanks the Big Three, somebody has to lose, and that usually means the workers. Sales plummet, stocks pile up, production stops; in some cases, such as the Ford plant in Mahwa, New Jersey, the closing is considered permanent. All the closings in the current rash of layoffs affect plants producing large and midsize cars or trucks. Meanwhile General Motors' Tarrytown, New York plant is working overtime to keep up with the burgeoning demand for subcompact X-cars...
...Carter and Congress are not swayed by arguments of policy and reason, it seems unlikely that the prospect of widespread unwillingness to cooperate with registration will affect their decision. But before they force the country into another era of division and confrontation like the opposition to the Vietnam War. Congress and the president should at least consider that consequence...
...childhood and an aura of tragedy about adult lives. Says one survivor's daughter, who is now raising her own family in Naperville, Ill.: "My parents and other adults were always talking in hushed tones. They had a serious and fearful approach to life that was bound to affect...