Word: impaction
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Hornik and FlorCruz provided reporting for Associate Editor Jim Kelly's story on the impact of Deng's reforms on three regions in China, and they also ferreted out biographical details for Associate Editor William Doerner's profile of the Chinese leader. For Associate Editor George Russell's story on reforms in other Marxist economies, Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Kenneth Banta supplied reporting and analysis from Hungary and Yugoslavia. Heading the Man of the Year reporter-researchers was Helen Sen Doyle, who has studied Russian at universities in Leningrad and Moscow...
...Soviet leadership could eventually rival for long-range importance to the world the sweeping changes Deng is pushing through in China. But for all the panache he displayed on taking power and all the headlines and television time he and Reagan commanded at the summit, Gorbachev's impact on history by year's end was still far more potential than actual. The freshness and vigor of his personal style far outweighed the importance of any changes he had made in Soviet foreign or domestic policy. Indeed, though Gorbachev, like Deng, has made pepping up his country's economy and improving...
...recognize Israel. By meeting with Assad, who has ties with anti-Arafat P.L.O. dissidents, Hussein may hope to prod Arafat into a compromise. Assad, however, seems determined to block any agreement among Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians. The Israelis, clearly nervous about the meeting, had to weigh the impact that any retaliatory strike into Lebanon or Syria might have on the two leaders. The consequences could be unpredictable and serious, but after last week's terror, no one could rule out such a strike...
Life is surprising as it happens but remarkably predictable in retrospect. Once time has conferred its brand of wisdom, even the least perceptive person can look back and recognize how one misstep of fate led to another. Thus a hallmark of growing older is the increasing impact of memory, simultaneously spurring regret and reconciliation. Those conflicting impulses are at the heart of Michael Frayn's Benefactors. Its four characters, addressing the audience from the perspective of middle age, watch themselves in flashback as exuberantly misguided young adults. And although the play's nominal topics include high-rise architecture, neighborhood preservation...
...current rush of mergers good for American business? For stockholders? For the country?" You should also have questioned their impact on the work force. Research conducted by Philip Mirvis of Boston University and me shows that even "friendly" mergers and acquisitions are extremely stressful for employees. Top managers and key performers fear that the careers they have developed will matter little when a new owner takes over. Worst-case rumors run rampant, and the most talented staffers spend their work hours lining up interviews with other firms. It is not surprising that this decreased morale and productivity contribute...