Word: stirs
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Lots of politicians before McCain have tried to stir up the electorate with calls to duty and sacrifice, but they didn't have quite the same example to go with it. With McCain, the exact nature of this duty is left to the imagination, and that is one reason so many different folks are drawn to his campaign. It is why veterans break down in tears at his book signings. It is why some independents who stopped caring about politics a long time ago are suddenly reading and watching all they can about the primary contest. It is why those...
Entering Dunster's dining hall-turned opera house for the opening night of The Magic Flute, this year's Dunster House Opera, there was an overall excitement and stir that affected the mood of all. From the start, the audience was ready for a thrilling show, and the Dunster House Opera certainly did not provide anything less. The polished orchestra and the lively cast captured the audience with gusto, and they held their grip tightly throughout the show...
...police demonstrations had tainted the pool of potential jurors in the Bronx. Diallo's supporters feared that in the new venue of Albany County, which is 89 percent white, the defense would play the race card by attacking Sharpton and his band. The cops' backers feared that Sharpton would stir up the blacks in Albany. But blacks in Albany did not need Sharpton to stir them up, because their city has its own ugly history of tension between blacks and cops. In 1984 Albany police shot and killed Jesse Davis, a deranged mental patient, after he supposedly attacked them with...
...speedier train between Harvard and Yale might, in fact, accomplish a lot more than decrease travel time; it might stir up our school spirit as well. With faster getaway rates and quicker escapes, the Acela train might just introduce a new era of competition and rivalry between the two schools. Forget channeling our energy into just the Harvard-Yale football game, we'll be out there for the fencing rounds, crew races, ballroom dancing competitions and squash matches as well...
...bars of soap, a la Full Metal Jacket. "I didn't think it was funny to see Ian get hurt, but the overall effect was funny. Also, him getting hurt turned out to be pretty funny after all." said Margaret C. Lee '03...Jill Hill '00 caused quite a stir in the Winthrop dining hall Wednesday morning. The ninth-semester senior came to breakfast clad in warm-up pants and flip-flops. Identically-garbed Denise P. Laffer '01 was totally embarrassed...after extensive consultation with Dr. Hu of Atlantic Community Clinics, Gossip Guy was disappointed to learn that chronic masturbation...