Word: catalystic
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...making a very late entrance onto a very crowded stage. Dozens of trashy nuclear books have flooded America since the early months of the Reagan Administration, and more important, many Americans have accepted polar positions that will prove hard to abandon. President Bok deserves much credit for being the catalyst of the finest nuclear study yet, but his efforts might have paid off better had they come sooner. Public education works best when it is both subtle and early. The belated Harvard presence--the white knight from Cambridge come to rescue the nuclear debate--could well invite scorn among...
Without extensive team experience, the ruggers relied on individual talent to keep them in the early games. As the tour progressed, the demands placed on the Crimson by the strong competition worked as a catalyst, molding individual talent into a team effort...
...read a line is less important than knowing how to use a Nautilus machine. "Young girls don't watch my show to see my wonderful acting," says Jon-Erik Hexum, star of NBC's Voyagers!, with what might be called naked honesty. "The hunk thing is the catalyst that gets them to watch...
...that is disgusted and feels cheated by attempts to rationalize a problem. Watching the death on CBS, or reading Didion's book. I had an urge to scream out, to curse my government for the folly of its policies. But short of revolution, such emotion serves best as the catalyst for thought. When the anger subsides for a while, the mind takes over, you have to ask yourself to what extent each side will compromise, and how far each party can be pushed...
Navarro was the catalyst behind the coaches' decision to volunteer their support for the organization. The Princeton coach had been impressed after seeing Amos campaigning on television against illiteracy...