It affected a lot of people who had friends and relatives (inside the building).
How mentoring a team of underserved high school girls affected a Silicon Valley techie.
In 1966, the worst floods in Italy's history affected a third of the country.
The outage also affected a water pumping station causing problems with water supplies south west of Alton.
Then it affected a further 60 at the Welsh-medium primary, Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd, in Newtown, 15 miles away.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Mid | Series of schools hit by flu bug
It wasn't until World War II that the federal income tax affected a large percentage of the population.
The outage affected a larger number of people than any previous BlackBerry failure.
FORBES: BlackBerry Service Restored As RIM Co-CEOs Vow To Do Better
Leading with such value-added services has affected a positive mind shift among customers.
FORBES: Ode to the O-Ring: Expertise Beats Price Pressures Every Time
Network Rail said the failure had affected a wide area from Bristol and Bath to as far as Didcot.
It directly affected a huge number of consumers, and at the very least put them at risk of identity theft.
The government said that English councils would only retain the right to object if plans affected a site of special scientific interest.
Their bank account has been affected a bit, but their lives haven't.
The floods have affected a surprising number of new homes, which suggests another possible culprit: poor planning on the part of local authorities.
Buckley, Rush Limbaugh, and many others have affected a sea change in the way many Americans think about the role of government in society.
FORBES: The Decline of the Populist Left and the Rise of the Tea Party
Sandy affected a broader geographic area than most storms, hitting a bigger population and a range of industries from manufacturing and finance to retail and shipping.
Monday's snowfall affected a swathe of eastern Britain from north to south, but the worst-affected areas were London and parts of southeast England, Britain's Met Office weather service said.
At the hospital, it was determined that he had had a stroke which had affected a limited area of the visual parts of the brain, on the left side.
The A5 is reported blocked in both directions between the A539 at Llangollen and A483 at the Halton roundabout in Chirk, as localised flooded affected a number of other areas.
Not all of them affected a match's outcome, but with three points at stake in every game, you wonder how the league table might have been affected if each call had been made correctly.
Last year, Denmark instituted a tax, which reaches as high as 9 percent for some products, and affected a wide variety of popular foods, including butter, cheese and cream anything containing more than 23% saturated fat.
FORBES: Is 2013 a Watershed Year for the Anti-Obesity Movement?
In a recent survey conducted by Corenet, corporate real estate managers in the northeast corridor reported that Hurricane Sandy had affected a variety of functions, including the operation of mission-critical facilities, data storage, back up energy sources and access to transportation infrastructure.
"It is unfortunate that in the current emotionally charged atmosphere this celebratory event has become overshadowed by a decision that directly affected a small percentage of more than 1, 000 exhibits showcasing products and services for those interested in hunting and fishing, " he added.
CNN: 'Enough is enough,' Feinstein says in proposing new gun ban
The housing health of a city is affected by a lot of factors including the jobs picture and the rate of vacancies and foreclosures.
The two clouds were separated by about half a meter, and were constantly affected by a combination of lasers and magnets, which had the effect of maintaining the entanglement for about an hour.
FORBES: New Technique Could Pave the Way for Quantum Information Networks
Last year, the NAHT, along with the National Union of Teachers, was involved in a boycott of Sats - action which affected about a quarter of England's schools.
Consumers Union, Consumer Federation and other advocacy groups asked the Federal Trade Commission in September to help prevent gift card losses by requiring retailers to put money from card sales in a separate trust fund that would be affected by a bankruptcy.
Al-Maliki, whose campaigning in the last elections trumpeted recent security gains and a drastic drop in violence, has been affected by a series of deadly attacks in Baghdad and in northern Iraq.
The fact is there is not a direct correlation there because it's a global commodity and the price of oil globally is affected by a number of factors, including economic growth in China, India, Brazil, and other countries, as well as this one, and by a lack of stability in various regions of the world.
应用推荐