Word: impetuses
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...lost the war, however; it had in fact started it in earnest or given impetus to an ongoing conflict. Since 1961 the U.S. had spent $1.5 million on economic aid to Chile. This was in a continuing effort to "keep Chile from going Marxist," according to an ITT memo...
...Mayer emphasizes that the impetus for such a change in consumption patterns at Harvard must come from students themselves, noting that "no college administrator in 1974 would be so demented as to impose a change in diet." President Bok, who has asked his staff to research the possibility of instituting meatless days, has said that "you cannot impose that kind of morality" on students...
...among these organizations to assuage mainstream America. By the end of her trial, Davis had so moved members of the jury with her political statements that even those who originally appeared prejudiced against both blacks and Communists were thoroughly convinced of her innocence. Some even considered the trial an impetus to their own political action to fight repression. When Davis spoke at the Boston Globe Book Festival several weeks ago, a predominantly white, largely over 30 audience was moved to spontaneous applause on several occasions and a standing ovation...
...Gribbin-Plagemann book has any value, it will be in increasing public awareness of the very real danger of a major quake-whenever or wherever it comes-and perhaps adding impetus to the construction of safer structures in California and other quake-prone regions...
Although Boynton said the Divinity School could not afford a cross-registration fee, which it would have to pay for its students to attend classes at other schools in the University, the proposed plan could give the school an impetus to raise its $2200 tuition...