Word: impactful
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During the lecture, which was arranged by Marshall Goldman, associate director of the Russian Research Center, Gerasimov commented on the release of American journalist Nicholas S. Daniloff '56 and its impact on relations between the superpowers...
Like many others asked to comment on the appointment, he did not criticize McNamara's views directly, nor did he discuss their possible impact on the office...
...Professor Alan M. Dershowitz commented that although McNamara could have an "enormous" impact on the traditionally liberal state through his position, he believed the office would retain a tradition of high quality and would see few ideological changes. "If you have high standards, you can't push it either way politically," he said...
...Hague three months ago. But the foreign ministers rejected the most serious proposal of all, a ban on the import of South African coal, as a result of strenuous opposition from the West German government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. That decision effectively reduced by two-thirds the impact of measures considered at the meeting...
Looking toward 1988, the poll indicates that the general good feelings of the Reagan era will have little impact on how Americans choose their next President. Three in five respondents believe that the country is better off now than in 1980 and that they personally are better off as well. Rating the President on a scale of 1 to 10, 64% gave him at least a 6. Yet when presented with the statement "The country will be better off if the next President follows the same policies that President Reagan has followed," Americans are split: 44% agree and 43% disagree...