Word: impactful
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...cartel's half a dozen barons, and there is speculation that he may have been set up by one of his brethren who found the arrogant Lehder too power hungry. "We cannot say we have enacted a crippling blow by this arrest," conceded DEA Administrator Jack Lawn. "Its impact lies in the fact that the government of Colombia, in spite of all its losses, has declared its intent...
...have not been destabilized by AIDS, there are signs of trouble ahead. Most of the victims are young people between the ages of 19 and 40. African governments are therefore bracing for the loss of many of their best and brightest. "I believe that AIDS will have a major impact on the development of Africa," says Microbiologist Piot. "The ones who are dying are the young adults in whom governments have invested the most in terms of education...
...African officials seem more concerned with the short-term economic impact. While most governments have stopped denying that the AIDS threat exists, officials fearful that publicity about the AIDS epidemic will hurt tourism and foreign investment have continued to play it down. In Zambia, the Lusaka government banned all press statements on AIDS last March. Government officials are "putting their heads in the sand and hoping the disease cures itself," charges one Zambian doctor, who expects to see "scores of thousands of deaths from AIDS" in the next two years...
There has been little time for comment or public debate about this particular impact of AIDS, but ominous news keeps emerging. Once figures have been fully reported, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta expects the number of deaths attributable to heterosexual transmission to have doubled in 1986. Right now, heterosexual infection -- among the sex partners of intravenous drug abusers, bisexuals or anyone who has the virus -- accounts for 3.8% of the 30,000 AIDS cases in the country, but that figure is expected to rise to 5.3% by 1991. Newly published studies on these male and female AIDS patients...
Because most of the displaced employees chose early retirement and stayed in the area, the long-term impact of the Phillips cuts was not as damaging as it might have been. Still, most business leaders in town say their customers are more cautious spenders now. Observes David Oakley, president of Oakley Pontiac-Buick: "People are starting to hang on to cars a little longer. My new-car sales are off, but service...