Word: impacting
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...election on the grounds that the behavior of University representatives unfairly influenced the vote's outcome. The union then withdrew five sets of its objections, leaving regional NLRB hearing officer Maria C. Walsh to decide whether certain statements made by supervisory personnel to eligible voters had enough impact to warrant another election...
Cain's main technical difficulty seems to be a tendency, after inventing an effective device, to continue using it until it has beaten the audience insensible. In the first courtroom scene, Polonius, at a signal from the King, begins to thump his stick on the floor. At each impact the courtiers clap in unison; gradually, the chamberlain accelerates his pounding till the room rings with hearty applause. All well and good; but, having established the procedures. Cain has Polonius repeat the gesture six of seven times before the scene closes, and at least four more times...
Sadat was a man who left the world a better place than the one he entered. But we must wait to see whether his impact depended on his own personality, or whether Middle East minds have been permanently influenced by Sadat's peace policies...
Because "the president has virtually no power in admitting students," Klitgaard said the impact of the report will hinge on the deans' reactions...
Fuchs, however, overturned Walsh's recommendation. While he agreed that some statements made to eligible voters violated labor law, he did not think those statements had significant impact to justify a new election...