Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dangerous result of media conglomeration is the diminishing number of cities with two daily newspapers. Often, when a large corporation takes over a newspaper, its increased financial resources drive competing dailies out of business. Today, only 2 percent of American cities have more than one daily paper...
...Soviet state. Aside from the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, a special sore point has been bureaucratic insensitivity to the environment, as in the Baltic states. Ever since the Soviet Union under Stalin began to industrialize in the 1920s, Moscow has built the republic into a leading chemical-production center. One result is chronic air pollution. "The air is so bad, you can no longer see Mount Ararat," complains a Yerevan resident, referring to the snow-peaked 16,945-ft. mountain some 30 miles away across the Turkish border...
...California artist Marguerite Elliot, 39, came up with the idea two years after the birth of her sister's twins. She decided it was a shame to bronze over the trendy, brightly hued designs of modern baby shoes, so she dipped a pair of castoffs in resin. Liking the result, Elliot launched a glazing service called Clear Memories in a Nordstrom's department store. Business has been brisk ever since. For $37 to $45, Elliot will glaze a pair of shoes and mount them on a base of lucite, marble or wood...
...Baltic Sea is emitted by industries controlled by eight Moscow ministries. An even touchier question is Moscow's role in skewing the republic's demography. During the industrialization drive of the 1960s and 1970s, the Kremlin sent huge numbers of non-Estonian workers to the region. As a result, Estonians now make up only 60% of the population. The influx has revived bitter memories of Stalin-era deportations, when tens of thousands of Estonians were branded as opponents of Soviet rule and deported to Siberia...
...result of its victory over the Big Green, Harvard (5-0 overall, 5-0 ECAC, 4-0 Ivy League) gained sole possession of first place in the ECAC, a half-game ahead of St. Lawrence...