Word: rile
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...many battles have been won, in fact, that it's harder to rile up the public than it once was, particularly when the problem seems so diffuse, the threat so distant. The result? Vast quantities of carbon dioxide from the burning of oil, coal, wood and natural gas have entered the atmosphere, where they will remain for well over 100 years. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol calls for developed nations to roll back emissions below 1990 levels. But even if that goal were achieved today, it's already too late to stop some degree of warming from occurring. That means...
...spending, R&D costs and contributions to the E.U. budget. The proposals drew fire. "Adding a long list of exemptions would blur the picture," says an Estonian diplomat. "Inflation, investment and credit ratings are all at stake." Juncker even warned the pact could be left as is, which would rile France and Germany. Next week, he'll bring ministers together again to try to find a compromise. But few expect a solution until E.U. leaders meet in Brussels later this month - if then. BA Gets A New Pilot Talk about getting an upgrade. Willie Walsh, former boss of Ireland...
...three years hence, thou wilt give a speech at a woman’s conference that will really rile up some crazy radicals. Even though you showed the importance you ascribe to gender imbalances in academia by attending the conference in the first place—not to mention through your previous actions—and even though your speech will be firmly grounded in facts, a lot of activists who don’t know anything will get pissed off at thee...
...Harvard by University President Lawrence H. Summers’ apolitical remarks regarding women in the sciences has just been trumped. We turn to Tuesday’s Faculty meeting in its place. Slighting norms of civility, certain opportunistic members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have decided to rile the mob and convene the kangaroo court to put Summers—already downtrodden from his unjust beating by the media over the past month—on the hot seat...
...film's scientific approach to life's mysteries may rile some religious conservatives. One onscreen participant, Columbia philosopher David Albert, has already complained that his remarks, which appear to support the film's spiritual premise, were taken out of context. (The filmmakers deny it.) Yet for its fans, the film is striking a chord. "There are a lot of people in metaphysical closets out there," says Arntz...