Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...important for him to understand that I am not asking him to alter his thinking. He owns his beliefs and as long as they are working for him, he will hold on to them. However, when his beliefs are translated into words and actions which have a negative impact on people, he has crossed a critical line. This is when he must be confronted and must be made to realize that each time the Catholic Church advocates the defeat of laws to insure an entire group of people their basic civil and human rights, great numbers of just and gentle...
MIDDLE EAST. Although Saudi Arabia remains wealthy by any standard, it is by no means immune to the impact of cheap oil. Government spending, the engine that drives the country's economy, has fallen from a high of $92.7 billion in fiscal 1982 to $54.8 billion in the current year. Even so, the kingdom's budget deficit is swelling by an estimated $1 billion a month. The drop in spending has slowed construction projects across the country, created an exodus of foreign workers, and overwhelmed the Islamic court system with bankruptcy proceedings. Only interest-free government deposits have kept many...
...contest could be messy, as bystanders found out while watching a plastic egg filled with chocolate pudding descend. The container shattered on impact, splattering spectators with pudding...
Shattuck said the survey "certainly demonstrates the favorable economic impact of colleges and universities on the area" and "will help to create an awareness of the importance of colleges and universities to the state...
...Brien complained that proposed cuts in Federal student aid programs would especially harm this state, where the survey shows 155,668 people work in private higher education. "It's not something that will affect everyone equally. It will affect Massachusetts more," he said of the measure's nationwide impact...