Word: affectations
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Malone said he is not sure how the $860 million cut in welfare programs will affect Cambridge though he estimated that half of Massacusetts welfare payments are federally supported...
...effects spread beyond the lakes. In some areas, humans may also be affected. In the Lac la Croix lake system of Ontario, where the Ojibway Indians fish for their livelihood, catches are showing high levels of mercury. Reason: the toxic metal, ordinarily concentrated in sediment, changes into an organic form, methyl mercury, in acid water and is then easily absorbed by the fish. While the threat to plants is not as well understood, acid rain can eat away at leaves, leach nutrients from the soil, interfere with photosynthesis, and affect the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of such plants as peas...
Every reaction should have an equal and opposite reaction, but the recent 21-per-cent jump in the value of Harvard's endowment will not affect the daily operations of the University--including tuition levels--at all, at least for several years...
Thomas O'Brien, vice president for financial affairs, said earlier this week that the declining bond market will only slightly affect the endowment and that "it takes years for the effect to work" on things like the Faculty's budget...
Since alumni donations--especially to the five-year $250 million Harvard Campaign that is in its first stages--directly affect the Faculty's budget and tuition levels, stock and bond market downfalls may mean steadily decreasing funds despite a rising endowment...