Word: stirs
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...lessons of moral philosophy comprise a different kind of stimulant, one that can stir us to better ways of thinking and living. And some of the more practical lessons derived from moral philosophy are distilled into the maxims that we hear throughout our childhood. The problem is that neither philosophical inquiry nor sterile maxims are effective at delivering their messages in easily digestible ways. Tell an impatient driver that “patience is a virtue” and you’re likely to get some road rage upside your head...
...Pentagon officials that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf wasn't keen on letting U.S. troops charge across the border. He reportedly told the Administration that such a move could further inflame the Pashtun tribes in the border area--who already sympathize with their Taliban clansmen--and that it could stir up militants elsewhere in the country...
...movie has been safe from the cinema Snidelys: not a word of anti-Hobbit propaganda has been spread. Yet handicappers say this enthralling Tolkien epic still trails A Beautiful Mind in Oscar's war of attrition. To stir some last-minute sympathy, maybe New Line should start a whispering campaign...against itself. --Reported by Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles
Tauscher said the media does not pay attention to Democrats in general because they do not create enough of a stir...
...hero. A statement attributed to Mansoor has him preferring to die fighting rather than living a "shameful" life under "U.S. occupation." It's not even clear whether he made the statement, but there appears to be a substantial Taliban and al-Qaeda propaganda operation in eastern Afghanistan looking to stir up hostility to the U.S. and its allies. And that propaganda machinery is spinning Mansoor as a new Afghan icon...