Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whatever McDonald's social value as an employer, its impact on America's nutrition remains controversial. One of the perennial criticisms of McDonald's is the fat, sugar and salt content of its menu. The Quarter Pounder with Cheese, for example, contains an estimated 1,220 mg of sodium, which for a person on a strict low-salt diet might exceed an entire day's allotment. Yet during the past several years the company has tried to improve its food's nutritional value, in part by reducing the fat and salt content of some items. In a current advertising campaign...
...factor that has had the greatest single impact on Japanese trade is the skyrocketing value of the yen, which has risen 60% against the U.S. dollar since September 1985. The steep rise in the yen has helped push the Japanese economy into a trough. The change in currency value was expected to help correct the trade imbalance by making U.S. exports to Japan cheaper and Japanese exports to the U.S. more expensive. Finally, after long and frustrating delays, there are signs that such changes are slowly coming about. The Japanese claim their U.S. imports last year rose by almost...
...Judicial Board serves practically thesame function as the CRR. But for a variety ofreasons, including the outreach for student inputinto the crafting of the body and the fact that ithas been given a mandate to investigate a greaterrange of misbehavior, the Judiciary Board isexpected to have a broader impact onUniversity-wide disciplinary policies...
Lowering blood pressure and quitting smoking, however, can have greater impact on a person's life expectancy than decreasing cholesterol levels,said Taylor...
...collapse, which forced the closing of about 25 miles of the Thruway, is expected to have a major impact on the area's trucking industry. Drivers will have to take detours of up to 20 miles on secondary roads through rolling countryside...