Word: affectingly
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...even a President, is above the law -- especially if he possesses evidence that could affect a fellow citizen's fight to stay out of prison. Yet if Presidents can be compelled to disclose confidential conversations with their aides, perhaps as summed up in a diary, wouldn't that chill the candor of future advisers, as well as Presidents? Those conflicting points of law, confronted in the doctrine of Executive privilege during the Watergate scandal, were raised once again last week by Ronald Reagan as he struggled to avoid being pulled into the legal battles over the Iran-contra affair that...
...Gipper's words on Iran-contra are suddenly in fresh demand for some solid reasons that extend beyond courtrooms. They could affect his place in history. Observes Henry Graff, a presidential historian at Columbia University: "Reagan can't have it both ways. He can't be remembered as a piece of putty in the hands of activist conspirators and also someone who put his stamp on the times and yearns for a place on Mount Rushmore...
...obnoxiousness of the system does not end after the weeding out during the first two years. Although other departments have outside factors that affect student performance, in the Physics Department, these factors are intentionally maximized. Most harmful is the poor teaching because without adequate teaching, there is no hope for those who start from behind...
Officials at Harvard say the reduction in federal funds available for financial aid will not affect students in the College...
Even if legacy-dependent alumni contributions did significantly affect Harvard fundraising--and we question that assertion--we would still oppose the legacy policy on moral grounds alone...