Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fund. If either company went through two straight years of heavy layoffs, by the end of that time there would probably be no benefits at all. Is that "guaranteed"? . . . The fact is that Reuther has won an important, interesting new fringe benefit that will have no more revolutionary impact on the economy than the many other fringe benefits, such as pensions and health insurance...
...were homeward bound, jumped to Salt Lake City on the other side of the Rockies and on to the Pacific, swelling with awesome beauty in the setting sun. This cross-continental panorama of a nation, simultaneously caught at work and play within the same bracket of time, had the impact and immediacy of a kind of electronic miracle that allows people to see what once could only be grasped by the imagination...
Chicago Tribune: There is only one place where the Ford company can get the money for this increase. That is from the sale of its products. The unorganized portion of the public, which is three workers out of every four, gets the full impact of the price increases without any extra income. The result is inflation, reduced consumption, and reduction in the number of jobs for which no annual wage can compensate...
Black Horror. The car was shattered by the impact: its flat motor hood ripped loose and scythed through spectators like a guillotine knife. The heavy engine followed, spewing parts. The first row of the crowd was cleanly decapitated. Twenty yards away, the chassis cut another swath. Gasoline took fire; then the Mercedes' magnesium-alloy body went up in a searing white flame. Levegh's headless corpse was burned to a crisp. A 400-sq. yd. stretch of gay and cheering people became a black, hysterical horror...
...effect, in an effort to mollify the watchmaking nation for last year's tariff boost of up to 50% on watches. In all, some nine items (from lace to taxi meters) have been dropped an average 44% ; however, the cuts will by no means wipe out the full impact of increased tariffs...