Word: catalystic
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...Iceland meeting was the catalyst for the complete destruction of nuclear weapons. Star Wars, or some derivative, is the key to removing the nuclear threat. Without both, Reagan and Gorbachev cannot create a stable world. Without Gorbachev's acquiescence on the Star Wars issue or some compromise that ensures the development of an adequate defense, America should not accept the Soviet terms for arms control...
During this summer, a number of incidents focused attention on the problem of drugs in sports and, in doing so, have become a catalyst for confronting the problem in society as a whole. Among them...
...addition to being a catalyst for violence, the report said, sexually violent pornography "leads to a greater acceptance of the 'rape myth' in its broader sense -- that women enjoy being coerced into sexual activity, that they enjoy being physically hurt in a sexual context." The commission was less certain about material it labeled nonviolent but "degrading"; such items, it said, foster a similarly lax and accepting attitude toward rape, but do not necessarily arouse violence. A third category, erotica that is neither violent nor degrading, proved to be the most problematic; the commission acknowledged that there was no evidence...
...Third World dams, roads and other good works but never before considered a strategic centerpiece of the effort to maintain international financial stability. Conable's intention is clearly to change that. In his first official interview last week, he told TIME, "The World Bank is going to be a catalyst. The bank's priority has got to be economic growth, which is the only real way in the long run to reduce poverty...
...with what Rabbi Murray I. Rothman of West Newton, Mass., calls "a resurgence of family feeling--and I consider the temple an extended family." Michael L. Bradley, executive secretary of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, wonders whether the resurgence "is religious or cultural. I'm inclined to think the catalyst may be cultural." And part of the consumer culture, at that. Many department stores now have computerized bridal registries and, reports Margaret McMillen of Bullocks Wilshire in Los Angeles, "couples are putting everything on the lists. They're not shy at all." Sometimes they even re-register. Lee Rae Ulrich...