Word: impacting
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...doing the class gift would avoid endorsing Harvard's investment policy, and it would also create a unified goal for the class that would have a beneficial impact on the community that hosted us for four years. As the goal would be to meet the needs of this particular project, and not to maximize the full potential of each class members giving power, this type of gift would unify rather than stratify the class...
Police crackdowns throughout the country have had negligible impact. In a highly touted weekend-long raid of drug-dealing gangs in Los Angeles last month, police arrested 1,453 people, including 315 juveniles. Half had to be released for lack of evidence. The frequent raids in Los Angeles have provoked a backlash among civil libertarians, who accuse the police of busting any young man who happens to be black or Hispanic...
Many economists think that the sharp decline of the dollar over the past 2 1/2 years will eventually reduce the trade deficit substantially by making imports more expensive and U.S. goods cheaper for foreign consumers. So far, though, the impact of the dollar's drop has been disappointing. One reason is that many foreign manufacturers have accepted lower profit margins rather than let their prices rise in proportion to the dollar's fall. Moreover, while the dollar has gone down by more than 40% against the Japanese yen and the West German mark, it has fallen much less against...
...Public and private donors are looking for waysto coordinate giving for maximum impact," Ramseysaid. "Coordinated and effective programs buildconfidence in donor communities...
National labor experts said yesterday that even if the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) loses the upcoming election, its 17-year-long effort will have a significant impact on the future of union campaigns in "pink-collar" jobs and private higher education...