Word: stirs
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...sacred Washington ritual, a quadrennial attempt at human sacrifice to appease the gods of compromise. At the dawn of each Administration, the President anoints his team, and the confirmation games begin. The interest groups on left and right begin to stir and sniff; the oppo research folders get fattened up for the fight; Senators who will sit in judgment begin voicing "concerns" or "questions" about this candidate's qualifications or that one's paper trail. But almost never--only nine times in Senate history--has a Cabinet nominee been voted down. About the same number pulled out rather than suffer...
...years doctors tried to stir immune reactions against cancers with a weakened tuberculosis bacterium called bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), but had only middling success. What has given the old idea a shot in the arm, so to speak, is biotechnology. Researchers like NCI's Dr. Steven Rosenberg have been able to isolate fragments from the surface of melanoma cells. Injected into the body, these antigens trick the immune system into producing a flood of killer T cells, which then go after the tumor cells containing the telltale fragments...
...nation that builds its icons on templates forged in Hollywood, to imagine Colin Powell as some kind of movie hero. Just like those we love best on the big screen, he's handsome, commanding, possessed of a sonorous voice and a compelling story - all of which combine to stir feelings of admiration, comfort and well-being. His triumphs satisfy some of our unspoken emotional desires...
...first song, Penitentiary Philosophy, starts things off aggressively. It's a soul-rock number that wades in, chin out, fists swinging, Badu's voice wailing. Neosoul divas can sometimes drift off into sleepytime music, looking to set moods rather than stir emotions; Badu, from the first track, demonstrates that her new material has soul and guts. But she has more than just power in her arsenal. Throughout the CD, she also shows off her gift for melody: the sweet Orange Moon enthralls and delights, while Time's A Wastin conjures a sweet elegance. Badu's reggae-driven duet with Stephen...
...capital, and although few countries have moved their embassies there from Tel Aviv, moving the embassy there is a popular call in U.S. domestic politics. Indeed, both the Gore and the Bush campaigns committed themselves during the election to moving the embassy, but they may be reluctant to stir up Arab hostility - particularly if that translated into higher oil prices. Of course, the Saudis are not threatening and make no overt linkage between their geopolitical positions and their stance on oil prices. In fact, Saudi Arabia's official position is that it wants the oil price issue depoliticized. But there...