Word: awakener
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...southeastern city to a standstill for three days. The army had to be called in to deliver milk and bread. Instead of resorting to force, local party leaders used wall posters to appeal for a return to order. Among the pleas was a Politburo warning that the strikes "could awaken the concern of our neighbors"-a thinly veiled reference to the possibility of Soviet intervention...
...believe that ignoring the Palestinians will, in time, make them disappear. As evidenced by their pride and obsessive desire to return to their lands, the Palestinians are hardly willing to conform to this wish. Since we support the Israelis unswervingly, I think it is our ob ligation to awaken them before their dream world collapses into a bloodbath...
...past is not our potential. In any hour, with all the stubborn teachers and healers of history who called us to our best selves, we can liberate the future. One by one, we can re-choose--to awaken...
...awaken? Or to choose a new dream? Only when those who wish the future to be a certain way stop insisting that the future will be that way can we face the disturbing reality of our predicament squarely and find the energy to work for a better world, fully knowing that it may never be. Though they clarify the questions about our choices, these books fudge the answer. The New Age, the Second Reformation, the Millenium is not imminent. You can wait for the paperbacks...
Coll called on the administration to implement a program of compulsory urban service for students. He said the program would awaken students to the urban issues and give students a sense of social responsibility...