Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...definition, he (or she) is the person who, in the judgment of the editors, dominated the news of the past year and left an indelible mark -for good or ill-on history. A year ago we chose not an individual but a whole generation that was making a special impact on life all around the world: "Youth: Twenty-Five and Under...
...Delayed Impact. Stewart dashed down the beach, searching for some sign of Holt, then scrambled up on a rock for a better look. Seeing nothing, he ran to Holt's car and drove two miles to a nearby army barracks, where he telephoned for help. Helicopters, light planes, boats and launches soon spiderwebbed the area in the greatest search in Australia's history. Skindivers plunged deep below the surface. Flying in from Canberra, Zara Holt walked for hours along the beach, keeping her own lonely vigil and suggesting a few places where searchers might look for the body...
...subcommittee studying the impact of Mather House on the College has suggested cutting down off-campus living and deconverting crowded suites in the present Houses as possible ways to fill the tenth House...
...structure the two are very similar. But their impact would be very different. The Undergraduate Association is essentially RGA revamped. Proponents claim that its smaller size (35 representatives to RGA's 60) will make student government less unwieldy and therefore more effective. This is not necessarily true. RGA's greatest weakness was its inability to transmit student opinion to the administration, despite Mrs. Bunting's religious attendance at the often deadly boring meetings. It is hard to see in what mysterious ways a smaller student government could enliven these meetings; it is impossible to see how a difference in size...
Albee might have given Garden more moral impact by exercising more audacity. Suppose the wives had loved their work, and the husbands had quit theirs...