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n. - A leader who stimulates and excites people to action; A skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc.

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  • Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff, declared in 2009, rather breathtakingly, that "Brazil is no longer part of the climate change problem and has assumed a respected...
  • Since its deployment last winter, the number 350 has begun to circle the globe (the 350 Postcard Project, 350 Craft Challenge), proving to be an effective galvanizer...
  • Sure, football is a wonderful game, a great galvanizer of community and provincial passion and pride, but as much fun as it is to win championships, winning in life is...
  • So, it tends to be a real galvanizer.
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