Team Chicago Michelle Obama Impassioned, big-haired speech-maker, who talked about the old neighbourhood, her father's illness and first lady values Impact on the day: Not a dry eye in the house – but were those tears real?
"Half the country thinks this is bad people doing bad things, instead of good people who have a chronic disease," he said, adding that the first lady could impact the issue. .
The first estimates of the financial impact Lady Gaga is likely to feel after canceling all remaining dates on her Born This Way Ball Tour are in, and the numbers are ghastly.
The film had an impact on ladies' fashion, with the bikini worn by Ursula Andress proving to be a huge hit: "not only sent sales of two-piece swimwear skyrocketing, it also made Andress an international celebrity".
As First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy had an impact on the American public that can be compared only with that of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Emboldened by the visibility and support of the Bush Institute and Laura Bush, we expect first ladies to unleash even more impact and positive change in the coming years.
In her party speech Lady Thatcher talked about the impact of Methodism on her upbringing, a bond she also shares with minister's son Frost.
If Lady Gaga has had direct impact on anyone, it's been, most surprisingly, Beyoncé, who has spent the majority of her career impervious to influence from her peers.
A friend of hers told me that Maria now loves that they are in political life, and that she has realized that she can have a greater impact as First Lady (of California, for now) than she ever did as a television reporter.
Though many of the designers were happy to discuss the impact the first lady has had on their visibility or their business, few would talk specifically about their dealings with the White House or with Meredith Koop, the assistant largely acknowledged as the key stylist for Mrs. Obama, taking over a role previously filled informally by Ikram Goldman, the influential Chicago retailer.
