Word: impactful
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William Kovacs, vice president of environment and regulatory affairs for the Chamber of Commerce, said the reforms involve changing regulations that would cost taxpayers anywhere from $50 to $150 billion. Given this impact, Kovacs said it is only reasonable to expect the EPA to disclose the study on which they are basing their actions...
...defense at all against sea-launched cruise missiles, suitcase bombs or attack by chemical and biological weapons, and these are much more likely threats. The illusion of defense that NMD might provide would be more pork for Congress than protection for citizens. RICHARD K. HEACOCK JR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Alaska Impact Fairbanks, Alaska...
...neither does asking doctors in training to work 36 consecutive hours without a break. If nothing else, a resident's union can give interns a stronger voice to negotiate more humane work schedules and can force hospitals to the bargaining table. How the negotiations unfold could have an impact on the quality of medical care for all Americans...
...glass walls of a greenhouse, trapping heat on the earth's surface. Scientists predict that the planet's average temperature could rise as much as 6.3[degrees]F (3.5[degrees]C) over the next century, and we are already seeing heat waves, melting polar ice and rising seas. Local impact remains unpredictable: some areas could suffer stronger storms and other places severe drought. Seven environmental groups--Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund--have put together a world map showing "early-warning...
...Sorcerer's Apprentice extracted from the original Fantasia, in which Leopold Stokowski hypnotized an anonymous band of Hollywood studio musicians into sounding just like the Philadelphia Orchestra in its blazingly vital prewar prime. Even the ancient paleo-stereo sound track of that sequence has a raw, visceral impact missing from the glossy digital audio heard elsewhere in Fantasia...