Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...guided the U.S. ever since. On the other hand, the needs of American society-if not the nature of Congress-have been transformed almost beyond recognition since then. Judged not only by the volume of legislation passed-which is unparalleled-but also by its direction, diversity and ultimate impact, the 89th may well rank in history's view as one of the most effective Congresses. The real import of the 89th lies in the shape of its influence on the future. Many of its far-reaching programs are now only beginning to make what surely will be a historic...
Such a jeer at the Soviet press is common enough in the West; this time the quip appeared in Soviet Press, a monthly magazine that is circulated largely among Russian newsmen. The criticism had an added impact because the speaker was Ilya Ehrenburg, 75, one of Russia's best-known journalists. Ehrenburg admitted to his interviewer that while he spends more than half an hour a day reading the French newspaper Le Monde, he seldom devotes as much time to any Soviet paper. His explanation was blunt: "The Soviet stories are much more poorly written. Many important events outside...
...left Krishnamurti where I found him, in a leather chair surrounded by students eager to impress him with their knowledge of obscure Indian cults. Not until a few days later did I realize what an impact he had made on me. I was walking through the Yard when I happened to be struck by the slender, bright-white spire of Mem Church slicing the dark sky. I stopped, looked, and tried to concentrate. "What the hell are you doing standing like a fool gazing at the sky?" I asked myself. There was an embarrassing silence. Then it started raining...
...major factor in the decline of provincialism is the great postwar population growth and its impact on education. Ivy League colleges, which once comfortably filled their rosters with native sons and sons of native sons, now take a large proportion of their students from across the U.S. Conversely, the new competitive scramble for places has driven many Easterners to colleges their parents had never heard of. There has also been a concurrent upgrading of university standards across the country. Stanford and Chicago, Antioch and Duke are the second choice of many an Ivy Leaguer's son. And Westerners...
Raul Prebisch, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, will discuss "The Impact of Technological Progress on Developing Countries" at 4:30 p.m. today in Littauer Auditorium...