Word: impaction
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...also clear that Harvard’s move to make college more affordable has had an impact on its peer institutions. Last month, Yale followed Harvard’s lead, mimicking the HFAI and unveiling its own financial aid program designed to help low-income students attend Yale. Hopefully, other schools will follow with similar programs...
...drawn down in the future to fund benefits. Instead, they are claims on the Treasury that, when redeemed, will have to be financed by raising taxes, borrowing from the public, or reducing benefits or other expenditures. The existence of Trust Fund balances, therefore, does not by itself have any impact on the government’s ability to pay benefits...
...most secular. The bells ringing in mud brick churches in Africa and in grandiose cathedrals in Europe, the muffled prayers of illegal congregations in China, and the tears pouring from the faces of tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square bear testament to the massive impact he and his passing have had on so many; it raises hope that all things in this world are not passing and that true goodness and beauty can survive...
...carefully polled attacks on dirty hospitals, landgrabs by "gypsies," excessive numbers of immigrants and politically correct restraints on police. The Tories' chief strategist, Lynton Crosby, reportedly calls them "dog-whistle" issues: they cut through the noise of a campaign to make an emotional impact most resonant with true believers. At a press conference last week that focused on "yobs," louts whose behavior has shown up in polls as a big issue, Howard used the word "fear" eight times, as in "I want to make yobs fear the police." The association of police chiefs criticized the Tories' use of crime statistics...
...World Bank officials acknowledge that the project carries considerable risks, but they believe they've made them manageable. Underpinning their faith, says Porter, is a slew of economic reports and social and environmental impact studies they demanded of developers?all of which have been made available for public scrutiny. The Bank believes there are enough safeguards and mitigation measures now in place to minimize the impact of the dam and insists it has extracted guarantees from the Laos government that revenue will be used to reduce poverty...