Remind students to imagine significant (personal) reasons for these characters to welcome or criticize the queen's visit, and offer their didactic (educational) content in the context of statements about their own struggles and desires.
It's not difficult to imagine significant others and friends the world over not being particularly pleased when, in the middle of a conversation, you throw in your headphones to hear the local play-by-play.
As it is difficult to imagine significant change in the institutional structure of the states being examined in the near future, they must be examined from a different perspective.
"During the end of the cold war, one could imagine a significant downsizing of the American military," Mr. Orszag said.
For a layman, it's difficult to imagine such significant leaps in speed in two years with a well-established class of boats.
"If this is just 11 small groups, imagine how significant the impact of all the similar companies in the city and the country is," he added.
It is hard to imagine that significant numbers of voters thought they did not know enough about Barack Obama and John McCain by Election Day this year.
Mr. Muehl, who was jailed more than once for his activities, said in 1963, "I can imagine nothing significant where nothing is sacrificed, destroyed, dismembered, burnt, pierced, tormented, harassed, tortured, massacred, stabbed, destroyed or annihilated".
Then, yes, it is possible to imagine a significant, even sensational impact, but we cannot know until the platitudes he uttered in Krakow yesterday are replaced by the imperative of serious action.
Indeed, it's hard to imagine any significant mobilization of support for the American soldiers and marines charged with these crimes, much less a public outcry that would persuade elected officials to intervene on their behalf.
As the anger expressed at Mr. Bush by many Catholics in Michigan before that primary made clear, it is hard to imagine that significant numbers of American Catholics will be attracted any time soon to a candidate who aligns himself closely with the religious right.
