catalyse

• “Goolsbee says that the plan going forward will be to do things that "catalyse" the private sector.”

  The Huffington Post: TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

• “These are the kinds of additional sources of public revenue that could catalyse huge amounts of money for development.”

  The Guardian: Commonwealth keen on south-south co-operation | Richard M Kavuma

• “How, when I am in a new situation, can I try to learn my way into it, in order (hopefully) to catalyse that human quality of learning and curiosity, and perhaps even in a short session to sow the seeds of a community of learning, a temporary but inquiring collective,”

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• “Organisers hope for an early "moment" – perhaps a gold for cyclist Mark Cavendish on the first weekend – to catalyse support.”

  The Guardian: London 2012 faces hurdles on the home stretch | Owen Gibson

• “What comes across is a deeply committed artist, one who believed in paint's potential to catalyse pure sensation.”

  The Guardian: This week's new exhibitions

• “Such investments can target drought-resistant crops, catalyse the use of rainwater-harvesting and water-conserving technologies, and improve irrigation systems.”

  The Guardian: Horn of Africa: How can the region be better prepared for recurrent drought? | Vinod Thomas

• “Pittsburgh has focused heavily on using local universities to catalyse growth outside the old industries — the collapse of which did nearly kill the city.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Pittsburgh, phoenix

• “The outcome, as shown here in key Merz pieces from 1966 through to 1977, has been a unique body of work imbued with an exquisitely composed restraint – sculpture that retains its power to catalyse a frisson of unpredictable creative possibility.”

  The Guardian: This week's new exhibitions

• “What this installation actually consists of is somewhat obscured by its tendency to catalyse an onset of multicoloured fractal hallucinations.”

  The Guardian: This week's new exhibitions

• “At each of the overnight stops, sponsors, Locog and the relevant local authority will stage a nightly live show that it is hoped will catalyse support for the Games.”

  The Guardian: Olympic flame to travel to London by trains, boats and planes

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