Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...complacent, and he says that the thought that universities in general do breed the "assembly line" mentality that urges students to "punch into class and not challenge things." The goal of the essays is to provide students and other interested people a critical analysis into the University, and to spark activism and raise questions about policy...
...University, the project required major negotiations. That was right up the alley of Board of Trustees Member Warren Christopher (a former Carter Deputy Secretary of State and Iran hostage negotiator), who helped strike a deal in 1984 that gave Stanford control of the library. But the project continued to spark controversy. Its architect disparaged Stanford's buildings, and the chairman of the library foundation declared that the library would allow Stanford to "boast" of the "Reagan connection." Students and local residents protested the proposal, and the faculty senate sought to have the library's size reduced...
There was a magic moment of communion between that woman behind the door and me; it lingered a moment, and then I passed on. My friend later offered to introduce me to Lansbury, but I knew it would never happen. The moment was gone. A brief spark struck between two kindred souls illuminated the night and was gone as quickly as it had come...
...truly alive, we must seek to express our souls. I feel that in my poetry I have achieved the elusive divine spark that can express my innermost self and individuality better than anything else I do, save my unruly tendency to speak with my mouth full...
Gorbechev: Yah, dude, spark another doobie...