Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Through the length 85 breadth of Christendom, the echoes of the Amsterdam conference still roll. No voice raised in that assembly of the World Council of Churches was more challenging to modern Christians than that of the great Swiss theologian, Karl Barth. TIME has already reported (Sept. 13) the impact of his address on the U.S. delegates, many of whom criticized Barth as advocating a passive "let-God-do-it" approach to the problems of our time. Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr attacked Earth's speech as offering "a too simple and premature escape from the trials . . . duties and tragic choices...
...reason for the glow, thought General Motors' Afired P. Sloan Jr., was the continued high rate of spending for plant expansion and new construction, which now accounts for about 6% of the gross national product. Said he: "As long as that [expansion] continues ... I am sure that the impact on consumer goods and durable goods will give us a high level of national income...
Berman, who is working in the Russian Research Center, will emphasize in tonight's talk the historical development of Russian law and its impact on present Soviet legal institutions...
...some businessmen resent his interference, fear and respect prevent outcries. The sound of the name Dave Beck still touches the nerve centers of thousands with the impact of a fist on bone. But the great majority of employers think he is wonderful and applaud like happy seals when he speaks at the Chamber of Commerce...
Summing up her impact on London (1923-31), Socialite Columnist Charles Graves says: "She popularized smoking in the days when few nice girls smoked. She killed the stage-door Johnny-he couldn't get through the hundreds of girls outside the stage door . . . She popularized the words 'divine' and 'darling' and bacchanalian parties...