A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives.    From LearnThat.org.  [Jackie Robinson, baseball player and civil rights activist.]

Mr. Roberts said the company can better absorb the margin impact from the deal now that costs are lowered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brinker Profit Rises 36%, but Sales Slump] Reference

What kind of impact is it having on your students?.    From Wordnik.com.  [BrainPOP and Student Response Systems | BrainPOP Educators] Reference

One route to impact is to have success in American Industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thoughts on Systems Software Research is Dead « Beki's Blog (there's an original name)] Reference

The longer-term impact is on how we view them in terms of reliability.    From Wordnik.com.  [LSE Delays Engine Upgrade After Outage] Reference

"There's still a lot of wariness of what that long-term impact is going to be.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf Oil Spill 6 Month Anniversary: A Look At The Health Of The Ocean] Reference

Its influence flows outward into the community and the impact is always felt in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home: The Great Society] Reference

I get a reminder of what the impact is at each distance as well as some practice in the fundamentals.    From Wordnik.com.  [No B.S.] Reference

It gives us a perspective on what the long-term impact is likely to be of today's human-caused warming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Please, no jokes about "global cooling"] Reference

The opportunity to hyper personalize communication and accurately track our members and their impact is here.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Weiner: Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?] Reference

While the McCain camp appears to be struggling with the issue in the short-run, the longer-term impact is less clear-cut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maliki Backs Obama’s Troop Withdrawal Plan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I am sure, of course, the same happens elsewhere, but in our little islands, the impact is always so much closer to our daily lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Bermuda, U.S.A.: Guantanamo Controversy] Reference

Budget may have long-term impact on various asset classes.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to I won't stop being friendly with Ranbir: Katrina] Reference

The long-term impact of the controversy was anybody's guess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Says There's No Free Lunch?] Reference

But what about the long-term impact of exposure to the massacre?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trauma Management] Reference

China studies long-term impact of tainted milk photo: Creative Commons/James Parascand.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

After the critical period, depriving one eye of input has little long-term impact on vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference

It was the first that addressed the issue of the short-term impact of deregulation on the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

"But I don't think it's going to have a short-term impact on the government's popularity," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [CourierPostOnline.com - News] Reference

The short-term impact is negative, but a start has to be made towards making markets react sometimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Bank of Japan firm in face of political pressure] Reference

Which current major junior prospect will have the greatest long-term impact on the Blues 'organization?.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Louis Game Time] Reference

(A separate Mellon study to be released this week examines the long-term impact of affirmative action.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Living With The Tests] Reference

The long-term impact: Districts will have lower funding bases they'll be required to meet in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education Week American Education News Site of Record]

The job losses in Alabama will likely have a major, long-term impact on the state's economy, experts say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference

The short-term impact may indeed be disruptive but the court ruling is more complicated than portrayed above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

"Clearly, there will be some long-term impact, but the magnitude is a little hard to predict right now," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference

In addition, the request does not adequately consider the long-term impact of the decision on future NASA projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

New research offers significant insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

"I think people were selling because they weren't quite sure of the near - to medium-term impact of the NBCU deal.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Multichannel News: Business News] Reference

Stores are sure to be packed on launch day, but Wall Street is still debating its long-term impact on Apple's bottom line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News]

But the nuances of Obama's visions and goals remain muddled and hypocritical, their long-term impact difficult to measure.    From Wordnik.com.  ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader] Reference

In Kumar's case, SC had observed that "unimaginative" ways of authorities were bound to have a "long-term impact on soldiers".    From Wordnik.com.  [ Analysis] Reference

The longer term impact worked out well for Obama who already had a lead going in, and benefited from solidifying that position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]

These themes are development in the future, the long-term impact and application of games, and development talent in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamasutra Feature Articles] Reference

Realistically speaking, I suspect that no one really knows what the long-term impact of this stroke will be for Maloney or Intel.    From Wordnik.com.  [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference

Overview: Finding the best possible approach to configuration management will have a major long-term impact on your IT organization.    From Wordnik.com.  [BNET Articles]

The grants will fund community programs that make a long-term impact on critical issues in education, financial stability and health.    From Wordnik.com.  [statesman.com - Highschool] Reference

"I don't want to minimize the long-term impact," US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said of the prospect of a prolonged Woods 'absence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raw Story] Reference

Officials in Beijing, however, privately underplay the long-term impact of the Tibetan religious leader's meeting on ties with Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

The book had an important impact on my thinking.    From Wordnet, Princeton University.