terminology question

[Judy Pine]

I am sending that one on to my Dad, the retired attorney!  :D

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Lawyer?

Victoria Codella <codellav at GREENMTN.EDU> wrote:


Imperialist gave me a good chuckle...just saying! :o)

-Victoria
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Imperialist?

-celso
Celso Alvarez Cáccamo


No dia 13/05/2013, às 16:15, Ellen Contini-Morava <elc9j at VIRGINIA.EDU> escreveu:

> Hello, my husband asks the following question.  If anyone has suggestions, they can be sent to him or I'll forward them.
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> Thanks,
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> Ellen
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> Subject:    terminology question
> Date:    Mon, 13 May 2013 09:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From:    Jack Morava <jack at chow.mat.jhu.edu>
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> I'm looking for a word, in any language, that describes a person who 
> foments conflict so as to have a role in resolving it. Busybody and 
> polarizer are in the right approximate semantic range but don't seem 
> to capture the essence.
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> Thanks in advance
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>                (:+{)}  Jack