Word: stirringly
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...Orwellian lockdown of free speech at Harvard, it is no surprise that he has since said little. No one likes to be castigated as a Stalin of the academy. But his silence has been worse. Any strongly-worded statement on the war in Iraq would be sure to stir up healthy debate and controversy, whether by challenging the prevalent anti-war mood at Harvard or by standing up to the Bush administration and the majority of Americans. Whatever his views on the war in Iraq—and it is preposterous to suggest that a man as savvy and opinionated...
...scientists may be closing in on the answer?but we do know that it caused a global disaster. In Philadelphia, 7,500 people died of it in two weeks. The supply of coffins ran out; streetcars were used as hearses. Families lay dying in their homes, unable even to stir to feed themselves. Some lingered in delirium for weeks, coughing foamy, blood-tinged sputum, while others were dead within 24 hours...
...Only when there are implications outside Harvard can you ever get this attention,” says Chopra. “The movement for cable TV is not going to stir up anyone at The Washington Post...
...anthology of left-wing essays critical of Harvard, and now research director of the Harvard Trade Union program. “Still, people say the media is very critical of institutions, but they’re actually quite complacent unless you yourself develop a movement. They will very rarely stir things up themselves...
...size price tags, but Wozniak had been tinkering with a new design, and his computer was different. It wasn't much to look at--just a bunch of chips screwed to a piece of plywood--but it was small, cheap and easy to use, and Jobs had noticed the stir it caused when they took it to a local computer club. "He said, 'We'll make it for 20 bucks, sell it for 40 bucks!'" Wozniak remembers. "I kind of didn't think we'd do it." Jobs came up with the name, inspired by an orchard in Oregon where...