Word: exhortative
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Although he was not very specific about the oration he will deliver today for fear of revealing too much, Frank says that he plans to exhort his classmates to put their education at the service of the fight against injustice...
...enough security so that Iraqis can begin to take power after June 30, when a U.N.-anointed caretaker government steps in. Abizaid, accompanied by TIME on a mission to Iraq this month, flies low and fast. When he arrives at a U.S. base in Tikrit, he is determined to exhort the troops to keep the faith, at a time when so many Americans are losing theirs. Back home, Americans "see pictures of burning humvees, they see pictures of abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and they see all the negative things that happen," he says, addressing 100 soldiers...
...hope not, because I’m certainly not worthy of the people we seek to serve. But just because we’re not good enough, not worthy, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to do this work and to exhort others...
...voices crowding the radio dial are as varied as they are opinionated. Democracy advocates in Hong Kong exhort listeners to attend the latest Victoria Park rally. Downtrodden Bangkok citizens listen in glee as a crusading radio program exposes?in real time?a corrupt traffic cop as he tries to extort money from a taxi driver (who rings the program as the shakedown is happening). A lonely migrant worker in southern China receives advice on how to find a mate even without the help of a village matchmaker. Best of all, since talk radio flourishes at the intersection of anonymity...
...that University President Lawrence H. Summers is grilling professors on their outside activities, as he did to Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 (News, “West Blasts Summers, Says Gates Likely to Go,” April 16), perhaps he will want to exhort the Business School professors about some of their choices. Doing outside work for the likes of Global Crossings, Waste Management, Enron, Arthur Anderson and a host of others might be worth a grilling. Or is the new president only interested in certain types of outside activities...