Word: impactions
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...each cover is placed under a mat so that only the face is visible, and the picture is projected onto a screen. In a written test, the students are required to identify 100 cover subjects by name and specific endeavor. Through the years, this visual test has a special impact in creating and deepening a lasting interest in contemporary history...
...officials emphasized the idea that "reasonable protection" from fallout could save 25 million to 65 million Americans in a nuclear assault. The shelter program, said Pittman, "is no panacea. It brings no security, only a better chance to survive." And, he added, "All objective and detailed studies of the impact of nuclear war conclude that there will be a significant measure of survival and that recuperation would take place...
...months, and further delays are possible if the Senate becomes embroiled in a civil rights filibuster. Finally, changes must be worked out in a House-Senate conference. Kennedy wants the first stage of the bill to go into effect by Jan. 1, 1964, assuring that the full impact of the tax cut would be felt in an election year. But the chances of final action by that date are growing increasingly remote...
...abandoned, complained that the U.S. had not kept its word. Predictably, Fidel Castro's Havana radio gloated over the "doomed" Alliance. To make matters a little worse, the aid cut came just when, according to Moscoso, the "objectives and principles of the Alliance are beginning to make an impact on the thinking of Latin Americans." Says Moscoso: "I've tried to explain it to them, but I'm afraid that disenchantment with the Alliance has already set in. We've made commitments, and now we're going to have great difficulty in meeting them...
...what of Charlayne, the girl who wanted to escape from "that image business?" Asked if she had considered the possible impact of the marriage on the Negro cause, she replied: "This is a very personal thing, and my personal life should not have anything to do with that which affects the masses of people. And so I can't be too terribly concerned about that because I have my own life to live...