Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There were other less ideological, but still very important reasons to protest. Harvard, over the last two years, has been a frustrating place for SDS. The organization has never been able to achieve a truly wide impact; no issue has seemed clear-cut enough to attract strong, long-term support. SDS members complain about the apathy of the average Harvard student. They often yearn for something closer to a Berkeley. The Harvard student body doesn't seem to get stirred up, and the Harvard administration is difficult to offend...
Still, the President professed himself pleased. "No new treaties were made; no new commitments were offered," he observed. "But I can tell you now that I return more confident and hopeful than when I left." Though the trip may have had little impact on the Viet Nam war, Johnson had seemingly managed to convince Asian leaders that the U.S. was genuinely willing to expend its treasures to guarantee the security and prosperity of the western Pacific and to help the area develop a new sense of regional cooperation. Whether or not that realization was worth the effort and expense, said...
Substitute for Subsidies. Impact on the managers is bound to be brutal. "It is much harder [under the new system] to estimate future capital-goods needs...
...that "Jim has gone off on his own," without regard to the thoughts and judgments of his peers -and a bishop is above all a symbol of unity within the church. At the same time, the Episcopal hierarchy shuddered at the thought of a heresy trial's impact on the church, and for the conclusion of the report they devised a double-edged sentence that demonstrated their deep feelings: "We do not think his often obscure and contradictory utterances warrant the time and the work and the wounds of a trial...
...differences are partly a matter of visual impact, mood and style. Book of Knowledge, printed in four-color offset, easily excels the others in use of bright, clear pictures, and its large type and short sentences make it brisk and readable. It approaches many major subjects with an enticing narrative open ing. World Book uses the smallest type of the four, which could bother younger students, but opens up its pages with skillful use of tables, sketches and boxes...