Word: catalystic
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...Edmonds, 37, is at his best working with others--he is a musical catalyst. Says Arista Records chief Clive Davis: "He brings something special out of the artists who interpret his material. He writes different ways for different people." His work is sometimes slight and sentimental, but over the years, his songcraft has grown stronger. The Day's lyrics have a solid moral core: the family unit is revered, love comes with respect, and men do a lot of crying. "Done 'bout run out of tears," he coos on Talk to Me, a pop-soul-blues number featuring Clapton...
Riddle was optimistic, though, saying the bill's passage "might serve as a wake up call. It might serve as a catalyst for some really important changes...
...Sure, I believe in black unity, but only as a catalyst to help humanize the world," Seale said...
That deal was the catalyst for a tidal wave of change which, in the last five years, has brought an all-star team of Afro-American scholars to Harvard, earned the department national commendations and could place it in the position to affect American social policy on race and welfare...
...face-off between the Republican Congress and the Democratic President leads only to bipartisan scandals, bipartisan economic mismanagement and further public contempt. Reform will be in the wings--literally--and it is even conceivable that the coming confrontation between Bill Clinton and the 105th Congress could provide the catalyst for America's next crisis--which in turn might produce its next great leader...