Word: affectations
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Meislin entered journalism in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, at a time of renewed interest in the profession. As Bob Woodward and Richard Bernstein gradually pulled down an embattled presidential administration, they also inspired rising journalists, demonstrating the powerful ways in which they could affect the world...
...music's emotional impact, there is some indication that music can affect levels of various hormones, including cortisol (involved in arousal and stress), testosterone (aggression and arousal) and oxytocin (nurturing behavior) as well as trigger release of the natural opiates known as endorphins. Using PET scanners, Zatorre has shown that the parts of the brain involved in processing emotion seem to light up with activity when a subject hears music...
...does the withdrawal affect peace prospects with Syria...
...revelations, should they prove true, are unlikely to affect the outcome of the trial, currently under way in the Netherlands, of two Libyan intelligence agents accused of carrying out the bombing. "The trial is to determine whether or not these two guys actually carried out the attack," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "It was never going to deal with the question of on whose behalf they might have acted. It had been suspected for a long time that the Libyans might have been acting for someone else, and Iran had always been the prime suspect." Behbahani suggested that the attack...
...attention from "60 Minutes" to throw in a few teasers about being able to prove Iranian involvement in everything from the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American troops to a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. While they're unlikely to affect the trial, Behbahani's allegations, if substantiated, may have some impact on moves to break the diplomatic ice between Washington and Tehran. "The U.S. will certainly want to pursue these leads," says Dowell. "But even if they prove true, they're unlikely to alter the fact that the U.S. wants...