Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impact there was a thundering shudder, followed by the wail of the ship's siren. In one of the Maxim Gorky's restaurants, as the pianist was playing The Green, Green Grass of Home, a heavy loudspeaker crashed down on the instrument. The passengers, almost all West German pensioners who had boarded in Bremerhaven, stumbled on deck into freezing...
...line of dialogue. When Oliver Stone asked if he wanted to play the Tom Berenger role in Platoon, "I didn't even meet with him," Costner says, "because my brother Dan had been in Viet Nam, and I was reluctant to do a film about something that had such impact on his life. In a way, I regret not doing it; it was a wonderful film. But my consciousness was with my brother...
Last January his ideas seemed to flower into activism. He wrote a friend that inflation was "robbing the country," and he worried about its impact on workers. His political views grew out of his own experiences, not Western influence; he never went abroad, but his voracious reading exposed him to all sorts of modern concepts, Chinese and foreign. "He believed," said a friend, "the Chinese expression that the leaders should serve the people...
...head start in its acquisition of Warner shares. Time also asked a federal court in New York City to halt the Paramount bid on the grounds that it reflected a "campaign of deception and manipulation" to derail the Time-Warner merger. The suit alleged that Paramount feared the competitive impact of a Time-Warner combination and was intent on keeping such a merger from taking place. Said Nicholas: "I'm convinced that Paramount's was a spoiler...
...world and have all the best shots in tennis: serve, volley, base line, drop shot, you name it. I try to set my goals as high as I can." If he inspires Asians, Chang will be pleased. "It helped Sweden when Borg came along and made such a big impact. I'm hoping it will also happen in Asia...