Word: stirs
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...post-9/11 world, pollsters suggest, Americans especially don't want to go it alone because they fear it could stir up hatred and makes them an easier target. "They talk about it in very emotional and very real terms," says Democratic pollster Ed Reilly. "Their great fear is that by prosecuting the war without any allies we are essentially inviting a period of terrorism here at home...
JEDEDIAH PURDY. Purdy, whose anti-irony tract “For Common Things” made a stir a few years ago, is promoting his newest work, “Being America,” a post-Sept. 11 exploration of foreign attitudes towards America. Tuesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. WordsWorth Books, 30 Brattle...
...French are retreating from Vietnam and the Americans are coming in, full of bravado and a species of idealism. Fowler, with his Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen) and his fondness for opium, is the resident sage and cynic. The subversive tactics of an American friend (Brendan Fraser) stir him to make a fatal decision for reasons both noble and venal...
...were confused. We assumed that Dean Fox would take over the role of Dean Avery,” said Ellenor J. Honig ’04, a CASV board member. “We feel bad because we caused a stir and we didn’t realize it,” said Honig...
...analysis in Sunday’s New York Times suggested that Rangel’s address “could illustrate whether the draft still has the capacity to stir crowds on college campuses...