Word: vitalize
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...maintain power, Bedie manipulated xenophobic tendencies unleashed by political competition and championed a notion of "Ivoirite," which distinguished "real" Ivorians from latecomers to this prosperous nation. Immigrants from neighboring countries constitute nearly a quarter of the Ivoirian population and were vital in forging the country's economic success. Yet to Bedie, to be a "true" Ivorian, one's parents and grandparents must have been born in the country. By championing Ivoirite, Bedie sought to isolate the large immigrant population and the mainly Muslim northern part of the country that supported Alassane Ouattara, leader of the Assembly of Republicans, the largest...
...many of the most vital ways, Pusey is still his same old self: The old classicist still peppers his speech with analogies from antiquity--calling the Harvard Corporation the equivalent of the Roman Senate, and the Overseers a modern day "Tribune of Plebes...
...beyond ego. It's an addiction," said Rogow, who believes nothing short of a methadone-type program can save his brethren. He thinks a dozen attorneys are arguing two or three vital legal issues with style and class. But battalions of "confused lawyers are representing confused voters" in partisan sideshows that muddle everything...
...past two months. Barak, too, has to deal with some very angry generals and even angrier Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, and there remains vast potential for violence to consume the situation despite the best intentions of the leadership. Even so, those leaders know their vital interests leave them little alternative but to resume some form of political dialogue, even if it's months, or even years in the making...
...court is certainty aware of the historic nature of this session," said Chief Justice Charles T. Wells. "And is aware that this is a matter of utmost and vital importance to our nation our state and our world...