Word: impactful
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Opinion research can also have an impact that transcends the week's news. Says Hal Quinley, a senior vice president at Yankelovich: "Polls, along with the press, are one of the many ways people comment and respond to their political leaders." We happen to agree, but as always, we encourage our readers to form their own opinions...
...impact of defense cutbacks is amplified as it ripples through the communities where plants and bases are located. Pentagon economists estimate that each dollar spent in contracts triggers $1.60 of spending in the local economy. Reductions have a roughly equal and opposite effect. On Long Island, for example, defense contractors have cut their work force of 60,000 by more than one-fifth since 1987. As a result, an estimated 26,000 other local workers, from pizza-parlor employees to department-store clerks, have lost their jobs...
...blond-haired good looks, on-camera charisma and a journalistic resume that stretches from Three Mile Island to 60 Minutes. No wonder Sawyer has made it to the top. But her skillful mix of style and substance raises questions about the growing impact of stars in TV news. Are these high-paid personalities worth the money? More important, do they deserve our trust...
...whatever the outcome of the November election, Rainbow organizers say they expect the new group will eventually make its impact on the city political scene...
Strikes are not technically illegal in the Soviet Union; the Marxist tenet that they are unnecessary in a proletarian paradise has not kept them from happening. Until the Gorbachev era, Communist rulers used bullets or gifts of consumer goods to quell unruly workers. But under the impact of perestroika and glasnost, work stoppages have become part of the economic landscape...