Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proposal drew predictable howls from states and communities that depend on military payrolls. In Homestead, Fla., 30 miles south of Miami, businessmen are worried about the economic impact of the transfer of a 1,650-man contingent from Homestead Air Force Base to installations in North Carolina and Texas. The rebilleting, says Mayor Nicholas Sincere, would slash the $105 million local military spending by about $25 million...
That estimate may be much too low. Not only will the OPEC action add at least 2? to the already rising costs of gasoline, but as the price goes up, people will demand bigger paychecks from their employers. That will spread the increases through the whole economy, multiplying the impact. The latest OPEC boost will have a direct adverse effect on the nation's balance of payments. Last week the Commerce Department released some cheering figures showing that the trade deficit shrank in February to a 22-month low, in part because of a $700 million decline...
...start. As he told TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand: "I think the H-bomb secret is a political secret, not a technical secret. I wanted to explain the fact that there is no secret. But simply to say there is no secret and not go any further carries less impact than actually demonstrating the fact...
...wanted to make a strong impact, to make the assembly think," McConnell said. "The assembly's decision to hold the referendum means we've accomplished something positive by means of the boycott, but I think that now we can make changes better working from the inside than from the outside," she added...
...find out what happened requires a little research. The answer: the food problem has not gone away, but those who are talking and writing about it are fewer in number and have less of an immediate public impact than they did five years...