Word: impacting
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...liberalization of trade extends beyond Canada and the U.S. Multilateral negotiations among 96 nations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are scheduled to continue in Montreal next week, and the Canadian approval of the bilateral agreement should have a positive impact on those talks. Several items incorporated into the U.S.-Canada accord, including intellectual property rights and the liberalization of agriculture and service industries, will be on the table in Montreal...
Even if Kimura's results are accurate, they may have little practical significance. Skeptical scientists point out that the impact of hormones on performance could be overwhelmed by other factors, from how much sleep a women has had to when she drank her last cup of coffee...
...knew coming in that Ron had the potential to be a real impact player for us, and so far he's been just that in practice," Roby said. "He's not only very talented in terms of sheer athletic ability, but he also has a mind for the game...
Robertson's effort seemed to flame out earlier. He mobilized his evangelical troops to show up in disproportionate strength at the Iowa straw ballot and the Michigan pre-caucuses. But his appeal went beyond the true believers (important enough in themselves) and had a lasting impact on the shape of the Republican race. By coming in second in Iowa, beating George Bush, Robertson gave Bob Dole, the winner in Iowa, a chance to derail Bush in New Hampshire. In addition, the hard core of the right that Robertson had pre- empted was unavailable to Jack Kemp when he needed...
...this pervasive, alternating mood of renewal and uncertainty that gives Rattle and Hum its size and its impact. The record is timely enough to get in a neat lyrical crack about the new John Lennon biography ("I don't believe in Goldman his type like a curse/ Instant karma's gonna get him if I don't get him first"), but sufficiently tough-minded to resist looking to music for salvation. Like the Lennon song from which it draws its title, God Part II suggests only that if there is any anodyne at all for spiritual pain, it lies inward...