Would scandal also affect what she had come to think of as the real imaginary American town?

The scandal has affected some of the nation's leading politicians.

For months, the prevailing question among politicians was how much the scandal would affect the elections.

If important political leaders are arrested, the scandal could affect not just careers but the shape of politics.

Furthermore, they could not afford any major scandals affecting public opinion in their own countries.

Whether this scandal affected Graf's form is open to debate.

That scandal did not affect the deeper traditions of campaign financing.

No one knows how the scandal involving President Clinton will affect the race.

Time also wonders how the scandal will affect kids.

We met that evening and she asked me straight out if I'd be interested in an exclusive story: a scandal affecting a government minister.