Word: imprints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...social landscape. Few aspects of French life have remained untouched by the electoral upheaval that gave France its first leftist government in three decades. In areas as diverse as law and education, communications and fashion, business and dining, the France of 1984 bears Mitterrand's distinct imprint...
...Gaye's musical legacy was primarily stylistic; the Holland-Dozier-Holland team wrote many of the songs that were recorded at Motown, but each left their particular imprint on the songs. The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones would all acknowledge a debt to Gaye's subtle crooning style. And, of course. Gaye became a painstaking musician, playing most of the instruments on his later albums and earning a reputation as a studio perfectionist...
...personnel choices that would leave the deepest imprint on the U.S. for many years to come would involve the Supreme Court. Reagan so far has named only one Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, but he might be able to nominate several more during a second term. Aides believe he has already settled on three appointments: Clark (whether or not he has become White House chief of staff in the interim), Meese, and William French Smith, probably in that order. All are highly conservative and, if confirmed, might do more to enshrine the New Right's social issues agenda...
Jobs left his imprint particularly on the aesthetics of the project. He insisted, for example, that all 50 computer chips be rearranged on a printed circuit board to straighten the solder traces. He worked with the Belgian-born commercial artist Jean-Michel Folon to prepare advertisements for Mac. But the pair found working on different continents too cumbersome, and Jobs retained other artists. Even the publicity brochures accompanying Mac reflect Jobs and contain one of his pet phrases: "Insanely great...
Portly and unpredictable, Khrushchev left an indelible imprint on the American consciousness when he blustered his way across the U.S. in 1959, hobnobbing with New York multimillionaires, Hollywood stars and Iowa farmers. But in May 1960, before Eisenhower could return the visit, the Soviets shot down an American U-2 spy plane flying about 65,000 ft. above their territory. Khrushchev demanded an apology from Eisenhower; a few months later, he showed his anger by pounding his shoe on his desk at the U.N. General Assembly...