For American conservatives, the past three months have been galvanizing.
A combination of factors, including the state's legislative push to curb illegal immigration and the presence of a Hispanic candidate like Mr. Carmona in the race, — have been galvanizing among advocacy groups in Arizona, triggering the largest Latino voter registration efforts in memory.
An analyst surmised in a State Department cable that the Kuwaitis had been "galvanized by . . .
But she had seen Brando in Ben Hecht's A Flag Is Born in 1946 and had been "galvanized by his power... however risky, he was bound to be interesting".
Though he has a modest manner, he has been a galvanizing force at the Philharmonic.
This is why the "new Sappho" has been so galvanizing for classicists: every now and then, the circle expands, letting in a little more light.
Mr. Anderson had no degree and no teaching experience, but his informal professorship has been a galvanizing force upon the de facto graduate students who benefited from his service.
The march was largely the brainchild of Chris Knight, a self-described anarchist and an anthropologist at the University of East London, who has been the galvanizing public voice of a loose umbrella group of radical environmentalists, academics and left-wing activists known as the Meltdown that spearheaded the protests.
HBO's latest drama, "The Newsroom," from creator Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing," "The Social Network"), has been the galvanizing topic of the summer among certain circles, eliciting no shortage of strong responses both pro and con.
Historically, the inauguration of the President of the United States has been an galvanizing event that not only marks the peaceful transition of power from one leader to the next, but also functions as a means for the new President to inspire the nation's citizens.
