Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...biggest consistent impact, however, came on defense, as her constant pressure made it difficult for sophomore point guard Jenn Monti to get anything accomplished. Monti managed only one assist in the second half...
...CLOSER Patrick Marber's bruising drama about relationships is weakest when it tries most to shock (a cybersex scene). But as a portrait of the way modern urbanites strive and fail to connect, it makes an impact. The Broadway cast of this British import, headed by Natasha Richardson, could hardly have been bettered...
...when the engines go off, the data recorders have no power source. The U.S. government and manufacturers are trying to design a system that can provide backup power while withstanding the devastating impact of a crash...
Your word Frankenfood is a catchy way to describe genetically modified crops. It gets attention but trivializes the potential of a new tool for decreasing the environmental impact of agrochemicals and improving the nutritional value of food. Insect- and herbicide-resistant crops substantially decrease the amount of agrochemicals applied in the environment. Similarly, crops engineered with increased vitamin, iron and balanced amino-acid content can improve the health of millions of people. These are the goals of conscientious scientists who want to make positive contributions to the human condition. DANIEL BUSH, Plant Biologist Urbana...
...some advantage in presenting themselves as, if not flat-out stupid, at least aggressively nonintellectual. It's true that when Bush first got into the race he joked a bit about his academic shortcomings in college, and when his Yale transcript was printed in the New Yorker, the impact on his campaign seemed so negligible that I was moved to write a couplet that went, "Obliviously on he sails/With marks not quite as good as Quayle's." (The fact that those marks got him into the Harvard business school, by the way, is yet another reminder of which class...