Word: catalystic
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...revolutions that will "constitute freedom" is the keystone of a world view which postulates the disappearance of war. She thinks that the destructive power of hydrogen bombs precludes their use in "rational" conflicts. When war has disappeared from the political landscape, revolution will remain as the only violent catalyst of social change...
These actions provided the catalyst that released all the accumulated bitterness of the past decade in violent protest. Deciding the union had let them down, the men organized a wildcat strike against both the UMW and the operators. Bands of pickets descended on mines throughout the territory demanding that the men working inside join the fight. Most came willingly, but others, thinking that nothing could be done, were convinced only by threats of violence. Picketers were shot, mines dynamited, homes blown-up, and cold fear swept Floyd and Perry counties...
...help in aiding developing countries." As an example of progress, he said that only 20 nations now get 80% of all development aid and that 60% of it is laid out in the form of repayable loans rather than outright grants. Aid, he said, must be used "as a catalyst for progress and not as a handout...
...Asian nationalists enchanted by its economic and political prospects. For years. Britain too has advocated the plan as a neat way to tie up all its remaining Asian colonies (with the exception of Hong Kong) into one tidy independent package. But the Tunku (it means Prince) was the indispensable catalyst without whom Malaysia could not have been achieved. He wooed, bullied and cajoled the four other countries into the federation agreement, was the only logical choice to serve as the new nation's first Prime Minister...
...Eleven" (Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin), the CIC, comprised of one representative from each school, meets periodically to consider possibilities of co-operation. A small professional staff, located at Purdue, "implements committee decisions and functions as a catalyst." As a "kind of communications center," the CIC's function, as stated in the 1962 Annual Report, is "to aid member universities in improving educational and public services by adding strength to strength, as well as to avoid excess costs by minimizing duplication." An administrative agency, the CIC does not seek to usurp...