Pharaoh's decree affected only this world, but Amram's decree deprived children of both this world and the world to come.

The decree affected Khachaturian profoundly: "Those were tragic days for me... I was clouted on the head so unjustly.

This decree, restricting the natural increase of the Jews, materially affected the Jewish communities of Hungary.

They argue the decree will affect the country's credibility as a reliable exporter and lose them ground in new markets where they have become big players, like Russia.

Particular decrees affect, first of all, those to whom they are directed.

A decree that grants a privilege or a dispensation affects others only by preventing them from disturbing the recipients.

Many of those freed under the Feb. 2 decree had already made their way home, and told Western reporters this week that the decree affected 51 people.

Joseph II during his ten years' reign published 6200 laws, court ordinances and decrees affecting the Catholic Church.

These decrees, while promulgated by colonial officials, affected rural areas only fleetingly.

The decree directly affected nearly half of estimated 20 thousands Moscow Jews, even including retired soldiers.