Word: impactful
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...show students her perspective on a job "where you can see different aspects of business." A company like Capital One, she said, is ideal for recent graduates because "it gives a lot of responsibility to junior people and there is an opportunity for new employees to make an impact...
Public health experts have a more pressing concern: the programs could undo a decade of progress in education about safe sex. "Denying them information about contraception and STD protection puts them at risk," says Debra Haffner, president of SIECUS. Then there's the question of the psychological impact of such a message on adolescents just embarking on the awkward terrain of sexuality. Warns Pam Smallwood, education director of Planned Parenthood of Central Texas: "If all kids learn about sex is that if you touch it you'll die, how can you ever expect them to develop healthy relationships...
...more widely accepted. Bands like Roni Size's Breakbeat Era--whose new album, Ultra-Obscene (XL/ 1500/A&M), is a winner--and Portishead--whose 1994 album, Dummy, is a classic--build their sound around the turntable. But in the U.S., turntable rock is just starting to have a real impact...
...economic and cultural links to the U.S. The two of us--along with a retinue of TV technicians--spent a fascinating day at my home in Westchester County, N.Y., discussing this and other matters. Our day together had a great effect on me personally--and I believe a positive impact on Japanese attitudes toward the U.S.--for it gave me a deeper understanding of Akio's lively intelligence, his enormous grasp of world affairs and his wide-ranging knowledge of art. He had a profound commitment to international cooperation from his years as a young man in the U.S. during...
...rush to your doctor expecting a cerebral fountain of youth. "This is really a fantastic discovery for basic biology research," said TIME science writer Christine Gorman. "But it's way too early to speculate over whether this will have any impact on treating memory or brain disease. We should be satisfied for now to know that there's so much more to the brain than we thought." Gorman points out that the benefit of new findings in brain research "is often not the thing you thought it was. We're still in the dark about so much of the brain...