Word: activationism
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Sharon's political decline has been mirrored by Arafat's revival. Three months of confinement by Israeli tanks worked wonders for his domestic political standing, and Washington's urgent need to stem the raging violence has required a rapid rehabilitation of Arafat in U.S. thinking. Arafat had long urged Washington...
Though European police got lucky in unmasking the Beghal plotters, scores of sleepers unknown to security forces are in place, awaiting activation. And with bin Laden now breaking up his Afghan camps ahead of expected U.S. strikes, hundreds more will be working their way back to Europe and North America...
A full-scale invasion and occupation of a country such as Afghanistan would likely result in the activation or reserves, certainly. But remember -drafted soldiers take 6 months to train properly, and at this point no one is imagining a protracted large-scale conflict on the order of WWII or...
At the Cellular One store, which handles Cingular service, sales representative Robert M. Tran said he had also noticed slightly higher sales. The Nokia 5165, the phone his store is offering for free with plan activation, is the top seller among student customers.
The real objection is to the obsessive way the news is pursued - through the activation of the mouth-frothing, feed-me, feed-me, 24-7 omnivore. Television news has become a sleek, conscienceless predator that works the family beaches and devours everything - high history, low scandal, license plates, dog bones...