Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rules. So far the polls on which Rockefeller is relying so heavily hardly seem to be creating much impact. They show him only a couple of points ahead of Nixon when matched against Humphrey. The Rockefeller camp makes clear, however, that when the Southern states are subtracted, Rockefeller scores a four-point advantage over Humphrey while Nixon trails Humphrey by six. This is the key figure by Rockefeller's lights. If Wallace manages, as expected, to take a few Southern states that would otherwise go to Nixon, then the big Northern states become more crucial than ever for a Republican...
...Trivia nothing! The impact of late show dialogue far outweighs the cliche factor. John Ireland to Montgomery Clift in Red River: "There's only two things in the world nicer than a good gun: A Swiss watch and a woman from anywhere. Ever have a good Swiss watch...
Commercials also have deeper, more serious impact. In a discussion of the causes of last year's ghetto riots, the Kerner Report suggested that the enticements of TV commercials, "endlessly flaunted before the eyes of the Negro poor and the jobless ghetto youth," were an important inducement to the state of unrest. Opinion Researcher Mervin Field goes so far as to suggest that commercials constitute "a looter's shopping list...
...strike continues for as long as a month, its impact is expected to grow severe, especially north of the border. The seaway is the vital artery for Canadian grain exports, for shipment of Nova Scotia coal to Ontario electric plants, for the flow of iron ore to U.S. mills from Labrador and Quebec. Employers and union officials predict that a prolonged tie-up would idle at least 5,000 seamen, plus another 10,000 dockworkers at Great Lakes ports...
...equipment, xerography, synthetics and plastics. Government underestimated not so much the demand but the need for improved expressways, bridges, air-pollution controls, airport facilities, and the roads and devices that will make congested city traffic move more rapidly. Recreational facilities are in short supply because everyone underestimated the combined impact of increased leisure time and higher disposable income; to tee off for a game of golf on weekends has become a long and frustrating process, as many golfers can attest...