Word: inspiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weapon of war, rape works -- sometimes even better than killing does. Killing may make martyrs, and thus inspirit and strengthen the morale and solidarity of the victims. Rape, on the other hand, not only defiles and shatters the individual woman but, especially in traditional societies, also administers a grave, long-lasting wound to morale and identity. Rape penetrates the pride and cohesion of a people and corrodes its future. When a woman is raped in war, she and her family and ultimately her community internalize the assault upon their identity. Rape in war is only sometimes an act of simple...
Viggiani, a driving force behind the TaskForce's definition, has said that while both theFaculty Council and the Ad Board rejected thedefinition in practice, they believe in it inspirit...
...grind seems to inspirit young performers. Says Karl Wahl, 20, who is in his third summer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill., and who has worked at the Busch Gardens park in Williamsburg, Va.: "This is the first taste of the performer's real world. College shows run two or three weekends. Where else, as a young person, can you do a long run like this?" Michael Myers, 22, a Texas Tech marketing graduate turned singer-songwriter, likes Opryland because "you're out there in the full light of day, playing to no tellin' who. They come from...