Word: impactful
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...together for discussions on contemporary political, literary and ethical issues. Administratively, Hanssen is a member of the Committee on Women's Studies, the Committee on Special Concentrations and, ironically, the FAS Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Clearly, Hanssen, in her multiple capacities, has had an immense institutional impact...
...together for discussions on contemporary political, literary and ethical issues. Administratively, Hanssen is a member of the Committee on Women's Studies, the Committee on Special Concentrations and, ironically, the FAS Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Clearly, Hanssen, in her multiple capacities, has had an immense institutional impact...
...Brookings Institution, by "equating acquisition with capability, period." China has been more like a car thief stealing a hubcap here, a fuel-injection system there--but that doesn't mean it can build a Mercedes from the bits and pieces. Although no one minimizes the possible future impact of China's aggressive acquisitions, almost every expert in Washington and Beijing says it will take the struggling nation decades to translate information it has pilfered into a superpower's ranks of bristling missiles...
...impact of the bombing of the Chinese embassy was quite horrifying. The demonstrations by students and city residents were unstoppable. The government did not dare stop them--nor could it. It knew quite well that any mishandling of a domestic issue could turn the situation into an international problem (the June 4 episode is an example) and any mishandling of an international issue could turn it into a domestic problem...
...what makes her feel even more prepared, she says, is her re-energized Christian faith. Since the massacre in Littleton, Susan's church youth group has prayed regularly for the students at Columbine High School. The calamity, its emotional impact reinforced last week by the shooting in Conyers, Ga., has also transfixed her school's Campus Life faith group, led by her older brother Devon. As a result, Susan has reached a personal decision, one based on the example of her new hero, a Christian victim of the Colorado massacre named Cassie Bernall. "If there was a shooter...