Word: impaction
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...people to look each other in the eye across continents and either praise worthy achievements or condemn villainous behavior. "Foreign policy is no longer the exclusive domain of the elites," he says. "Telecommunication has made it possible for governments to speak directly to people in other countries. The impact is unparalleled in the world's history...
...past 40 years, TIME has become a magazine of global reach and impact. By latest reckoning, some 32 million people read it each week, more than 23 million in the U.S. and the rest abroad. TIME now connects a dentist in Kyoto, a stockbroker in Bonn, an interior decorator in Boston--and five subscribers on tiny Tuvalu Island in the South Pacific (occupations unknown...
...saying, ticking off a laundry list. "The mission computer knows the ordnance you've got onboard. It knows bomb ballistics and range. The information comes on the HUD with a symbol--a little diamond over the target, just like an Atari video game. In the CCIP [continuously computed impact point] mode, your job is to put the diamond over the target, hit the pickle button and bombs come off. And we hit. Well, within...
Amid the ceremony, King's friends and former colleagues urged that the civil rights leader's birthday become an occasion not simply for dreamy nostalgia but for an honest inquiry into the meaning of King's life and its impact on the nation. Former King Aide Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker worried about "the risk of getting oversentimental and romanticizing the man to the point that he becomes unreal. The way to honor him is to understand what his work was and commit yourself to doing something...
...like, despite the verbal savagery that she hurled at almost everyone she knew. The decision to present Hellman in a two-hour monologue provides a further emotional advantage: because her targets are not visible, spectators can savor the pith and vinegar of her language rather than cringe at its impact on the victims...