So it followed that the right spoken words might directly affect things.

The ways in which they affected things appeared to be pretty much normal.

And how they choose to spend it can affect things that happen in the world.

Only a fool tried to affect things that were clearly out of her control.

All these movements affect living things in many different ways.

Not even after I went so far as trying to affect things by whistling loudly around others.

So the fact is the packet's going to come into the machine and affect things.

So frantic haste on our part isn't going to affect things very much, one way or the other.

Q. Does the stress that many of us experience these days affect things?

If you have air currents, they will also affect things.