Word: catalystic
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...hadn’t the slightest clue what he was doing, I may still have been living the Harvard lie of blind liberalism without prudent thought. I had to be convinced that I didn’t believe in what they were doing, and they themselves were the catalyst in helping me see the light. I may not have a core of unadulterated conservatism, but thank God I’ve dropped the fake liberal me that only existed in Harvard’s liberal pressure cooker. Thank God I’ve started thinking...
Pinto said she believes the controversy should be a catalyst for student action...
...combination of introversion and rigidity came as close as anything has to destroying her reign. The catalyst was the death of Diana, whose publicity-soaked campaign to become Queen of people's hearts resonated on levels Elizabeth had never contemplated. Courtiers could not initially persuade the Queen to fly the royal standard at Buckingham Palace at half-mast (it had not been lowered when her father the King died) or to make any convincingly warm gesture toward the memory of Diana-who had been leaking viciously against the Windsors for years. Angry crowds, furious commentators and smart advisers persuaded Elizabeth...
...where will Shakir hit today in Harvard’s game at Holy Cross? It may not even matter. Wherever he is, he’ll be the same catalyst as always...
...still hope that Yasser Arafat could ever be Israel's partner in peace, but many now feel that his predicament could become the catalyst of a much larger conflict. If it began to unfold, it could unleash pent-up forces and take on a disastrous momentum of its own. When the possibility arose that Arafat might be killed in the ruins of his headquarters, there was undisguised panic among Arab governments. What they dreaded also greatly alarmed their European counterparts, as well as the U.S. and even the Israelis themselves: uncontrollable mass demonstrations in Arab capitals that might compel reluctant...