Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your story about the divestiture of AT&T [Nov. 21] and its impact on the industry was a well-written piece about a very complex subject. However, your article implied that I oppose phased-in access charges applied to end users, which reflects neither my position nor that of GTE. I did say (in remarks you took out of context) that the FCC had recognized that it would be a hardship on those who make minimum use of long-distance service if a flat-rate charge were instituted immediately. Taking that into account, I further said that "the FCC order...
...Donald Cammell had a pop star, played by Mick Jagger, swap identities with a hood. Jagger's centerpiece number was a malevolent and mystical barrage of imagery that could be every rock-video director's tapsource and textbook. The movie did not seem so much to impact as simply to implode. The effects can still be seen, 24 hours...
...SUDDEN IMPACT...
When he plays Dirty Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood acts with his pulsating blood vessels. Two veins run down his high forehead like stray hairs on a Gorgon. His jugular throbs with moral indignation over sadistic criminals, liberal judges and guys who put ketchup on hot dogs. For Sudden Impact-Dirty Harry IV, Clint has grown a new worry line: an asp of a blood vessel that snakes across his left temple. Heaven knows he needs it. San Francisco is overrun with thrill-juiced punks and Mafia goons. No sweat, though: Harry has more artillery than the Cubans ever dreamed...
...started up in adjoining Sonoma County. Just as the new production was reaching the stores, European wines, most notably Italian and lesser-known French vintages, came on the market in increasing volume and at sensible prices. Last year U.S. wine sales went as flat as morning-after champagne. Impact, a reliable industry newsletter, projects that per capita consumption of California wine will increase at the sluggish rate of .7% annually through...