Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those in the Justice guidelines. "They support what we've said all along," says Gordon Rogers, the county's attorney. If it chooses to do so, however, the Supreme Court may rule broadly enough in Arline to invalidate in effect the guidelines, which have so far had little impact on federal-agency decisions...
...refuges and wilderness areas, including the Arctic Refuge. But the lawmakers left undecided the fate of the coastal plain. Instead they authorized the Interior Department to determine the region's potential stores of oil and gas and make a detailed -- and expensive (about $45.5 million) -- assessment of the biological impact of tapping them...
Sources at Interior predict that years will pass before the debate is settled, and environmentalists are playing for time. Even if limited drilling is permitted by Congress, a decade could elapse before oil and gas companies emerge from the maze of additional environmental-impact studies that must be prepared prior to exploitation. By then, the refuge's defenders hope, Administration attitudes will be different...
...have been, forgiven. But this disaster throws a pitiless light on the way the President does his job, confirming the worst fears of both his friends and his critics. Simultaneously stumbling into the Iran fiasco and allowing a bizarre scam to fund the contras to take place had an impact powerful enough to scar Teflon precisely because the events seemed to reveal personal characteristics that were both fundamental and worrisome...
Initially, however, the Barclays move will have little negative economic impact on South Africa. Barclays National will be operated by its new owners in much the same manner as it was when the British firm held a major stake in the company. Chris Ball, the managing director of Barclays National, noted that the South African firm would now be free to compete around the world with the British bank. Said he: "We are a very powerful bank, and we can continue extending our business abroad." Experts consider the bank's $116 million price tag a bargain for the South Africans...