Word: impactful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joanis considers his positive impact on thecrowd as the greatest perk of the job. "Everyonewho looks at me smiles, and I become a smilesymbol. That's great. I love that.Seeing everyonesmile, that fills me with joy," Joanis glows.Suddenly his face takes on a facetious scowl, andhe continues, "Because I imagine people going onangry, looking at each other, and some of themshooting at each other. And to see that somebodydoesn't come with a gun on you, they only comewith a smile, it can really make you feel good...
...sure I'm expert, but I've published abook (Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia,Stanford University Press, 1997). It's aboutMcDonald's in East Asia: Hong Kong, Beijing,Seoul, Tokyo. It deals with the impact of thistransnational corporation; the book is reallyabout globalism. Globalism is everywhere, but veryfew people know how to deal with it. This is anattempt to look at what might be called atransnational system to see how it's treatedlocally. You see how McDonald's has changed theculture or more likely, how it's changedMcDonald's has changed dramatically...
...checks to development is to ensure that it will happen--whether or not to allow the existence of the new building becomes a normative decision. To relegate the consequences of development to mere side effects, the ideology inherent in calling them "externalities," is to ignore the large-scale impact the building is intended to have on the entire community. The intended effect of the Holmes Realty plan is not to improve the living standards of those who live in Central Square, but to drive them out. DANIEL R. MORGAN '99 March...
...decision will have little impact onday-to-day activity...
...same sorts of hiccups and dislocations that swept through Harvard 25 years ago. Ms. Simpson seems to confirm that the new Harvard is making its presence felt when we work our way into a discussion of the club's scholarship program and its nascent community service organization "Crimson Impact"--two things you wouldn't expect from an organization with a "bootblack" and a masseuse on staff...