Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They don't have any impact on me," said sophomore Jim Harrison, who was passing through the crowd to go to lunch. "I think they're a minority and the majority, who support a strong defense, just don't hold rallies...
...Moynihan deplored the idea because it would levy the tax retroactively on bondholders who had bought securities under the assumption that they would be tax exempt. Minnesota Senator David Durenberger circulated a letter signed by himself and nine other Senators on the 20-member Finance Committee decrying the "devastating impact" of Packwood's provision...
With debate still vibrant, the practical impact of the A.M.A. decision is likely to be mixed. Doctors will no doubt feel more comfortable about acting quietly with family approval to hasten the dying process. The family of a patient like Nancy Jobes, whose plight is more public, will be able to make a stronger argument but may still face a legal battle; the Jobes' request to remove the feeding tube goes to court this week. However helpful, the A.M.A.'s new ruling cannot ease the heartbreak for families weighing such a decision. It is one thing to shut...
...before he knew that the profession existed. The finest performance is Ivey's as the play's forceful center, the clangy-voiced, flighty, phrase- turning mother with a heart of gold and a will of molybdenum. She always gets her way. Perhaps the best measure of the play's impact is that audiences depart eagerly debating whether she was right...
...researchers note, such an increase can . be significant, since it means that the lives of some men would presumably be extended ten to 20 years. In fact, the steady benefits of exercise are comparable to those that come from medical breakthroughs. Paffenbarger makes the point by projecting the impact of curing the disease most feared by Americans. "If it were possible to eliminate cancer as a cause of death," he says, "the years of life gained would be about the same...