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| (...) A recent commercial for some make of Kia shows a series of crash test simulations, apparently to tout the durability of the vehicle. The voiceover concludes by saying "Pretty impactful, eh?" Impactful! As of this morning, neither (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Yes, 'impact' can be used as a verb, but not when the author/speaker should be using 'affect' or 'influence.' People seem to use it when they're trying to make a greater 'impact' on their audience, and that bothers me. I'm not alone on this: (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | Re: The US gives too much/not enough aid
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| (...) Have you been watching war movies again? ;) This is what Ambrose had to say about the D-Day campaign [a/the key WW2 campaign]: ==+== That a cross-Channel attack against the Atlantic Wall could even be contemplated was a tribute to what Dwight (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| UK Perspective on US elections Both from yesterday's Guardian: The rescue parties (URL) with a choice between two ugly parties, the electorate, quite rationally, stayed at home. In the US, as in Britain, young voters have all but abandoned party (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Israelis fear war crimes arrests in the UK!
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| I really do love living in the UK Israelis fear war crimes arrests (URL) Israeli government has ordered an urgent assessment of whether its politicians and soldiers could face arrest and trial for war crimes while travelling abroad. The move (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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