Word: impaction
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Since Barack Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park, the chattering class has been atwitter wondering what, exactly, his election will mean for African Americans. On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw asked about the "impact ... on the black community and in those neighborhoods where there are dysfunctional families." To many pundits, both black and white, Obama's election to the White House signals the end of black America's unchallenged status as sore losers and complaint-mongers. "African Americans have just entered the no-excuses zone," Jonetta Rose Barras wrote in the Washington Post. Obama "won't tolerate ... the long...
...While the committee chose to keep the size of the lane at its current width, the decision to extend the NCAA arc to within three feet of the NBA distance of 23’ 9’’ will likely have a significant impact on how college basketball is played throughout the Ivy League and the country...
...leading his team to a 34-1 record and a top-10 national ranking. Oliver McNally is a 6’3” guard from San Francisco, Calif. He, too, led his team to great success in high school, winning three straight league and Division V state championships.Another impact freshman is Keith Wright, a 6’8” forward from Suffolk, Va. He is a powerful player who will immediately give Harvard an imposing frontcourt, and his senior year averages—20 points, 13 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game—indicate his versatility...
...materials do not have to travel,” said Marilyn Wood, chair of HUL’s Public Services Coordinating Committee. “There is a positive greenhouse impact from not moving materials back and forth...
...been bitten but not killed by Eli opens the blinds of her hospital room, and the results are not pretty. The woman’s story seems designed primarily to lead to the horrific payoff, which is discouraging considering that the moment in the hospital has almost no impact whatsoever on the relationship between the two youths.This complaint, however, is relatively minor when one considers the impact that the majority of the film attains. The cinematography perfectly showcases the cold, stark isolation of the film’s wintry setting, while the meticulous framing of Oskar and Eli, isolated side...