Word: exhortative
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Everything changed in 1992. Deng emerged from retirement to exhort his successors and lagging Chinese cities to "dive into the sea" of capitalist commerce. Shanghai dived in, reviving all its old spunk and luster. The metropolis is furiously rebuilding, attracting foreign investment, remaking itself into an Asian hub of finance, trade and culture. Officials say they will quadruple the city's industrial and agricultural output by the year...
...cost proposals, Executive actions and speeches that highlight local initiatives, especially on welfare reform and education, which Clinton sees as his best shot for a lasting legacy. "Most of this work isn't done in Congress," says McCurry. In the coming weeks, Clinton will travel to state capitals to exhort legislatures to beef up educational standards and help put welfare recipients to work...
...these methods and extremes can be avoided with less apathy and more activity from the public. The only way to increase donations--and keep them morally pure-- is to exhort the public to fight their apathy and consent to donate...
Snow's Mendel is at first deceptively normal, with his friendly voice and yellow cardigan, but a psychiatrist whose idea of therapy is to leap up, click his heels together, and exhort everyone to "feel alright for the rest of your life" cannot be the most conventional of physicians...
...text says, "There is no reason to believe that things must remain the way they are." This statement should first be applied to the Council itself. The organization does not have to exhort students to join in its "crusade"; the Council is ultimately accountable to students anyway. If undergraduates didn't offer their $20 donations--yes, donations, though they were jokingly called "tax dollars" at the Re-evaluation Committee meeting--the Council would have no money. If you don't think the Council is doing its job, send an unmistakable message by withdrawing the part of your $20 earmarked...