Word: impactions
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While a President's impact on a midterm election is always hard to assess, Johnson could hardly absolve himself of blame for the Democrats' reverses. His performance the week before the elections was probably the least attractive of any during his three years in office. He trotted Defense Secretary Robert McNamara out to announce a pre-election draft cut that struck many a voter as a blatantly political move. He issued favorable economic figures to blunt the inflation issue (Pollster Lou Harris reported afterward that it had proved a particularly injurious factor for the Democrats nonetheless). He took a savage...
...bulk of its tobacco crop -the nation's biggest cash earner-because of the sanctions. Nevertheless, most farmers have got rid of enough to cover their production costs. In any case, the loss may be a boon, since it is forcing Rhodesians to diversify their crops. Whatever their impact, sanctions have served only to make the whites more adamant...
There were other less ideological, but still very important reasons to protest. Harvard, over the last two years, has been a frustrating place for SDS. The organization has never been able to achieve a truly wide impact; no issue has seemed clear-cut enough to attract strong, long-term support. SDS members complain about the apathy of the average Harvard student. They often yearn for something closer to a Berkeley. The Harvard student body doesn't seem to get stirred up, and the Harvard administration is difficult to offend...
...that "Jim has gone off on his own," without regard to the thoughts and judgments of his peers -and a bishop is above all a symbol of unity within the church. At the same time, the Episcopal hierarchy shuddered at the thought of a heresy trial's impact on the church, and for the conclusion of the report they devised a double-edged sentence that demonstrated their deep feelings: "We do not think his often obscure and contradictory utterances warrant the time and the work and the wounds of a trial...
...differences are partly a matter of visual impact, mood and style. Book of Knowledge, printed in four-color offset, easily excels the others in use of bright, clear pictures, and its large type and short sentences make it brisk and readable. It approaches many major subjects with an enticing narrative open ing. World Book uses the smallest type of the four, which could bother younger students, but opens up its pages with skillful use of tables, sketches and boxes...