Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hospital, which is one of the Medical School's teaching hospitals, already controls the use of minors as subjects. Gwen O'Sullivan, executive officer on the committee of clinical investigation, said yesterday that the federal proposals overlap with the hospital's rules and the changes would have a minor impact on their research...
Ranked 11th in the state of Ohio before coming to Cambridge, Meyer did not make a big impact on the running program at Harvard immediately. In fact, McCurdy couldn't even remember his name for a while...
...choice--the English tendency to conservatism in education is manifest. Many academics still complain that too few students are brought up on the classics of the English literary heritage, and there are constant letters to the London Times on the harmful influences of T.V. on children--especially the dreadful impact of detective shows from our linguistically degenerate cousins across the Atlantic. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so English tutors abhor transatlantic jargon and the fondness for acronyms so prevalent in the U.S.--as caustic essay comments from my Oxford tutors would testify...
...diplomatic triumph at Camp David. Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan survey of consumer attitudes, reports: "People who were not giving him a hearing just a while ago are now willing to listen. This is very important because confidence in Government policy has a very strong impact on the consumer and his decisions...
...most riveting feature is the walls, which consist entirely of accoustical panels grouped in blocks of three. A whole wall can be flat, or any triad of panels can jut out, changing the sound. In fact they can all move at once. This phenomenon clearly had more impact than Boulez intended. The room seemed to sway, and a wail like a sea storm turned the Espace briefly into a heaving ship. Annoyed, Boulez turned quickly to four more practical demonstrations. By altering the configuration of the panels, the same passage of music could be made to sound dry (with...