Word: impacted
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...administers a variety of other programs that, however worthy in concept, have degenerated into boondoggles and in some cases may do more harm than good. Every President since Eisenhower has tried to cut back the impact aid program, which was originally designed to help communities with military installations. The idea was to compensate such localities, since they could not tax the bases but had to provide many services for federal employees. Gradually, the scope of the program has expanded to give aid to communities?rich or poor ?with just about any kind of federal facility. There is no chance...
Energy instruction in other cities is generally less formal, though the impact of student thinking has been striking. In the Los Angeles school system, teachers begin focusing on energy at the kindergarten level, urging kids to turn off lights and not to linger in front of an open refrigerator for long, languid looks. Chicago schools have for years been teaching environmental science, with emphasis on energy conservation. Mike Palatnik, a teacher at Sullivan High School, made an intriguing discovery: "Kids want cars and material things, particularly boys. They are often hard to reach. Girls, on the other hand, seem...
...nation already imports from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and ten other countries. That would trim perhaps only a nickel a pound off the price of beef by year's end. Even so, Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland is fearful that an abrupt lifting of controls could have a disastrous psychological impact on ranchers, who would see prices begin to level off and would stop expanding their herds...
Gulf is also enmeshed in a web of lawsuits growing out of allegations that it secretly participated in a worldwide cartel to manipulate supplies and raise the price of uranium. Though the cartel's impact on U.S. prices remains uncertain, the world price of uranium has gone from $6 a pound in 1972 to about $44 today. At worst, Gulf, which denies the charge, could be forced to pay $1 billion or more in damages to companies in the uranium business. McAfee predicts that, at most, the various court actions could cost Gulf no more than $360 million. Last week...
Journalists have a tendency to cry wolf whenever the courts seem to them to be trespassing on the sanctuary of press freedom; the impact of such decisions is sometimes milder than expected. The Supreme Court ruled in 1972, for instance, that journalists who observe a crime have no absolute right to protect confidential sources, but judges have generally been reluctant to send uncooperative reporters to jail. In fact, after last week's decision, Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti said that the Justice Department would draw up procedures limiting federal searches of newsrooms and would seek subpoenas before search warrants...