The goal is not to foment for a mass exodus from the ivy halls, Mr. Stephens said, but to open people's minds to a different set of opportunities.
The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency in the country as it intensifies a crackdown on widespread anti-government protests born of frustration that's been fomenting for decades.
The United States has long been trying to contain an insurgency that it was partly responsible for creating, through its backing of the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia in the mid-aughts, which fomented support for al-Shabaab.
Those who have fomented panic for their own political gain are engaging in the worst form of demagoguery.
But even as her aggressive, confrontational style has set her apart on a legislative body known less for fomenting change than for renaming streets, it has also alienated many of her colleagues, former staff members and potential supporters.
This weekend the league decided to try out a new way to foment respect for referees.
Meanwhile, Spain has charged Russia with fomenting support for the Catalan referendum on independence in 2017.
Many analysts believe that the red shirt movement, which supports Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, could foment unrest for months or years to come.
Other letters were peculiar: one suggested that Adam had been drugged by the C.I.A. and forced to his acts in order to foment support for gun-control legislation.
Maya Jasanoff's essay (July 1) could have been more effective if she'd skipped the attempt to foment sympathy for what amounted to America's first losers.
