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“I believe that it enlightened, lit a fire under the guys,” DiGiorgio said, “to be a little excited for this week.”

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For 18th-century enlightened reformers, ethnic diversity and multiculturalism weren’t good things.

If enlightening, it is called “having an epiphany.”

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If Spain in the 1930s may look racially homogeneous from our supposedly enlightened point of view, Kaufman indirectly makes the point that such definitions are always subjective, and subject to historical revision.

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Lily-May, 18, also from Shimna Integrated College, said while it was "enlightening" meeting other young people passionate about the climate, most of her peers are "not really engaged".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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