Word: vitalize
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...opinion, we disagree with the distinction he has made between coming to office hours to complain and signing a petition. Although it is understandable that the administration need not act on any petition that comes through the doors of University Hall, petitions do serve a very important function as vital barometers of student opinion. The reality is that many administrative decisions here at Harvard are made with little to no input from those they will affect. Petitions reflect the feelings of many students and should be treated with more respect and consideration--and not with indifference tinged with scorn...
...called out, "I don't like you." She had her back to him, then turned and asked, as a challenge, "So?" The boy, who had first pointed the gun at another classmate, swung around and fired a single bullet that entered Kayla's right arm and traveled through her vital organs. Boaz says he saw blood on both sides of Kayla's stomach. She grabbed her stomach, then her neck, gasping...
...this makes Clinton's response even more vital. With the debate on normal trading relations with China (a precursor to WTO entry) on hold due to a breakdown in talks between China and the European Union, now is the time for Clinton to make a strong case for open trade with China. China's entry into the WTO would give the world one more lever to secure economic, if not political, openness and to encourage the rising class of Chinese reformers. Clinton has made the case that economic freedom will necessarily lead to better political conditions, but has cited little...
...keeping the two main parties honest. Big party machines can distract representatives from practical concerns toward hot political issues, like gun control and abortion. When this happens, the bite, or at least the bark, of these little renegades brings the Washington big-wigs back to the mundane, but vital, fiscal reality...
REBECCA WINTERS has covered consumer technology, education and business as a reporter for TIME and Time DIGITAL since graduating from Northwestern University in 1998. While researching "Your Vital Signs Online," she tracked her own health care on half a dozen websites. The wisdom gleaned? "I should have got a flu shot...