Word: affectations
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...amendment would probably not affect Cambridge schools because the city runs its own voluntary integration program, Koocher said...
Charles Hambelton, staff attorney for the Boston School Committee, said yesterday that the amendment will not affect Boston schools, because city busing programs are well-established, but he added the bill could hamper school desegregation in other areas...
Possibly a mutant strain of a mink virus or the cat virus feline panleukopenia, parvovirus is spread through the feces of infected canines. The virus can remain infectious for months, and can be tracked long distances on the soles of shoes or by other means. The disease does not affect humans, but sniffing dogs can pick up the virus by ingesting less than one-thousandth of a gram of fecal material. Five to ten days after exposure, the dogs may become listless, then vomit and develop bloody diarrhea; they also lose their appetite. If the animal becomes dehydrated...
...Lapps herded the animals by skiing alongside them and crooning soothing songs. Now they use helicopters, snowmobiles and motorcycles, and the animals become spooked by noise. Though no one has yet suggested that the Lapps be made to return to skis, there is concern that machine-caused stress may affect the quality of reindeer meat, which retails for $5.68 per lb. With costlier herding techniques, prices would be even higher. That could increase stress, at least among those who buy the delicacy...
...making a ballot is an intensely private act of enormous public consequence. And scarcely had the electorate sat down to watch itself on TV when it learned what it had done. An incumbent President was resoundingly defeated: the voters had given Ronald Reagan a place in history. The rippling affect of Nov. 4 will be felt for years, yet it all stemmed from choices made in a voting booth, that unique envelope of solitude. This peaceable allocation of vast power was, as ever, the most remarkable aspect of Election...