Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former attorney general has maintained that Sharnie's belief in moderate growth as a means to eliminate the deficit (a belief held by the conservative wing of the party) is unreasonable, saying that only massive, prolonged growth could impact the deficit...
Newark-based Prudential's endeavor, which could have a wide-ranging impact on affirmative-action programs in many industries, followed a five-year Labor Department investigation of the company's hiring practices. Prudential, wary of a potential Government suit and mindful of its $50 million worth of business with federal agencies and their employees, agreed to the compromise settlement...
...cocaine deal. But the jurors indicated in interviews after the acquittal that they regarded the tapes as inconclusive; they were more concerned about the credibility of the witnesses and their actions in setting up the sting. While Hoffman was unflappable during his 18 days on the witness stand, the impact of his accusations was dissipated by several disclosures: that he had erased some audiotapes that may have contained conversations with De Lorean; that he at one point asked for a cut of any proceeds from the De Lorean drug bust; and that months before the Government began its sting operation...
...later, debate over reportorial rules extended to the Democratic nominee, Walter Mondale. Bowing to pressure from some journalists, and over the objections of others, he dropped a proviso that activities aboard his plane must be kept off the record. The impact was immediate: when Mondale complained to an aide about his difficulties with Jesse Jackson, he was overheard by a reporter and his remarks were published nationwide...
...grown fractious. Harris Yulin's Tartuffe is cold and cobra-like, vengeful and vain. He has a genuine element of fervor: he endures ritual flogging, dispenses alms, even appears to heal the halt and lame. But there is nothing inspirational in him and nothing ennobling in his impact. In the opening scenes, the actors appear in clownish whiteface and lurch like robots. The playing reaches its tenderest pitch at an utterly perverse moment: Harriet Harris, as Orgon's wife, fakes lust for Tartuffe so as to reveal his perfidy to her husband, throbbing with an emotion that...