Word: impacting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have been the subject of discussion and controversy since the end of World War II. But Europe, America and the rest of the world are changing. New generations are assuming the leadership of nations. Their perspectives and frames of reference are different from those that were shaped under the impact of the wartime struggle...
...Arms Control Association in Washington: "The START proposal will not achieve the President's goal of improved stability, but will instead increase the likelihood of a first strike." A report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace contends that limited reductions in nuclear missiles would "have no significant impact on strategic vulnerability...
...more urgent worry is the impact of continued budget waffling on financial markets. Wall Street has been anxiously waiting for Congress to pass a budget resolution that offers some credible hope of holding deficits to about $100 billion a year. Already, uncertainty about how high future deficits will reach, and how much the Government will have to borrow to cover them, is preventing interest rates from falling-which they must if there is to be any strong recovery from the recession. If there is no budget, or if Congress passes one with deficit estimates that the financial community finds unacceptable...
...would once again be able to afford homes if mortgage rates, now hovering at a prohibitive 17%, fell below 12%. But in an attempt to salvage the housing industry, both the House and the Senate are voting to spend money the Government does not have for a program whose impact is questionable. Said Republican Representative Dick Cheney of Wyoming: "The bill is a turkey...
MOST OBSERVERS at Springfield focused their attention on the event's impact on the party. Earlier this decade, officials cancelled the convention because of the negative effects many said it had on party unity. Two years ago, however, party officials decided that party loyalty had crumbled even further, and concluded that a convention might be just the thing to restore some order to one of the most inclusive political organizations in the country...