Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soon be home more often, though. At nearly every stop along Crescent's southwesterly slope, the ICC will conduct hearings on what it calls "Case FD 28697" and the economic impact of the train's demise. Quite possibly the Crescent's elegant rolling stock may be sold to Mexico's railway system, where the old Twentieth Century Limited is alive and well cared for, running nightly between Mexico City and Guadalajara...
...been railing against high taxes for 15 years. Jarvis, whose face looks a bit like a California mudslide, has been demolishing debating opponents with his oddly compelling blend of verbosity, profanity and humbug. He has enlisted U.C.L.A. Economist Neil Jacoby to polish his simplistic arguments about the stultifying impact of the rising property tax. Nobel-prizewinning Economist Milton Friedman, now teaching at Stanford, made TV commercials free of charge to back 13. Claims Friedman: "If we continue the growth of government and its involvement in our lives, it will destroy us." Former Governor Ronald Reagan has rallied behind Jarvis...
...Leader Medgar Evers; Columbia Attorney Maurice Dantin, 48, a lean marathon runner who seems to have inherited the help of some key Eastland supporters; and Charles Sullivan, 53, a former Lieutenant Governor from Clarksdale with strength in the northern part of the state. Running as an independent with unknown impact is Charles Evers, brother of the slain Medgar and mayor of Fayette...
...power and pageantry of their court. The gallery is dominated by a mounted knight in full ceremonial armor, flanked by armor for a six-year-old boy; the walls bristle with swords, crossbows and wheel-lock pistols, and are enlivened by four panels showing jousters at the moment of impact...
...impact of American movies and TV is evident. The Japanese, who love cowboys, are intrigued by anything Western. Says an employee of Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles: "They buy cowboy hats, Indian dolls and jewelry and pioneer bonnets for the women." The Japanese are also fascinated by the glitter and tinsel of Las Vegas. The Germans are mesmerized by the wide open spaces in the American West and the grandeur of the redwood forests; they often rent campers to tour the national parks...