Word: impactions
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...Were this the first session of the Senate and its present system of rules, unchanged, should be presented seriously for adoption, the impact of outraged public opinion reflected in the attitude of the Senators themselves would crush the proposal like an eggshell...
...fair-sized bungalow. It will give out the note "CCCC," three octaves deeper than the lowest "C" on a piano. This note has only 16 vibration per second-the lowest perceptible by the human ear. If blown by the powerful electric bellows, without any accompanying notes, the impact of the tone emitted would knock any unfortunate listener unconscious...
Open fields on Long Island reverberated with the furious drumming of horses' hoofs. Riders shouted and strained. There was heard the solid impact of bodies, the crash of weapons, the slap and squeak of straining leather...
...buses compose a single unit, to which power and brakes are applied. In a statement, Mr. Schwab explained the theory behind his new six-wheel motor vehicles. Seeking a means of coordinating transportation in railways and highways, he became convinced of the need of six-wheel motors because their impact on the road is less than that of four-wheeled trucks carrying the same loads. Thus, his six-wheel trucks can carry loads large enough to operate effectively and efficiently without injuring the roadway?hitherto the real problem in bus and truck operation. According to Mr. Schwab, there...
...give and take between President Millerand and M. Herriot in France is something more than a clash between political opponents. It is that direct impact of radical and conservative policy which is the most significant fact in contemporary history...