[Ads-l] foment

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, it's ******* real.

Highly educated and remunerated CNN anchor: People "are saying [Obama]
neglected Iraq for years, allowing it to foment."

I imagine the influence of "ferment" is present.

JL

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> 'To become restive or combative'?
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> Shd. be OED new def. 3c - if it's real:
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> 2010 G. Cheshire, intro. to J. Conrad _Heart of Darkness_ (London: Collins)
> viii: In essence, modern nations immerse peoples of 'primitive' culture
> within populations of 'developed' culture, so that incompatibilities and
> antitheses cause people to foment.
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> JL
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