Word: impactful
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...anemic growth rate put added pressure on Congress as it debated two initiatives that may have a profound impact on the economy: a sweeping reform of the tax system and a plan to reduce the $200 billion-plus federal budget deficit. Some lawmakers fear that tax reform, which may hike Government revenues in the short run, when combined with a federal spending cut could deaden an already weak economy. Said Representative Jack Brooks, a Texas Democrat: "We could be staring a raging recession right in the face...
...emotional debate in the U.S. over applying sanctions against South Africa, the impact that various measures may have often gets lost. Sanctions come in a wide variety of forms and, according to economists and other analysts who have studied the range of possible measures, the economic consequences can vary considerably. In order of increasing severity, here is what specific proposed actions...
...were looking for the person who has had the most impact on the oil industry in the last 15 years and may most affect it in the future," said Henry Lee, the center's executive director. "And there is one name that comes readily to mind-and that is Yamani...
...shift toward free enterprise could have an impact on global politics. India and other countries, especially in the developing world, once considered the Soviet Union as a model for economic modernization. But now they are looking west to the U.S. or east to Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea...
...Hinduism to Christianity. After mission travels in Sri Lanka and India, he plans to return to his village because "that is where my call is." Christians currently constitute about 8% of Sri Lanka's population of 17 million; the growth of the faith, Saravanapavan believes, could have a positive impact on a nation suffering bloody division between Buddhist Sinhalese and his own minority of Hindu Tamils. "The Christians come from all communities in Sri Lanka," he said. "Only the Prince of Peace can unite my country...