Word: quickening
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...ever there was a song to quicken the blood of the living and raise the spirits of the dead, surely it is France's national anthem, the Marseillaise, whose music once inspired the men of the Midi to boot out invading Prussians, march on Paris -- whistling the tune as they went -- depose the King and fire the imagination of all Europe. That was 200 years ago. Today the song's robust words, which bristle with righteous anger at la tyrannie and enjoin the children of revolutionary France to "drench our fields" with the "tainted blood" of the enemy, are under...
...this could quicken Ethiopia's total disintegration. The many tribes have always been held together by force only. But Meles, the man shepherding this unorthodox democratic experiment, is remarkably serene about the unpredictable prospects. "A feudal monarchy and a repressive dictator couldn't hold Ethiopia together," he says. "Now we are trying another way. If Ethiopia breaks apart, then it wasn't meant...
...Chicago Blackhawks, "the very best athletes can use their emotions -- and anger is one of them -- to push their performance up." In fact, a baseball adage has it that managers prefer players who get mad. Anger steps up the body's pitch: blood pressure rises, heart and respiration rates quicken, and adrenaline surges. That may sharpen performance by heightening alertness, boosting energy and speeding up reactions...
Bush's new policy could prove an instrument for pounding a hole in the wall Washington has built between itself and Hanoi. But full relations might allow the U.S. to quicken the kind of development in Southeast Asia that is transforming Eastern Europe...
...excellent, with six of the last 12 appointments going to women and minority professors. Still, less than 8 percent of the tenured faculty is women, and less than 10 percent is minorities. Additional pressure on the administration to boost these numbers--particularly for women scholars--can work only to quicken the pace of needed change. The addition of a qualified minority woman to the law faculty would provide an important scholarly perspective as well as provide a role model for minority and female students...