About time, and long may it last, is the first and correct reaction to this reawakening of shareholder consciousness.

ECONOMIST: Shareholder activism

Centuries before the Renaissance, Charlemagne wanted to create a cultural reawakening, but the political, economic and knowledge infrastructure was simply not there.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

It may not have the sheen of Montana or Young to Rice, but a reawakening has occurred by the Bay.

WSJ: It's Down to the NFL's Final Four

The passion being put into these events is astonishing and proves a global interest in this new way of sharing knowledge and reawakening wonder.

CNN: With TED, amazing ideas spread at speed of sound -- and light

Here is how Iron Mountain rationalizes its reawakening as a REIT.

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It rekindled national reawakening within Wales.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | The lake that stirred nationalism

Just as Mars -- a desert planet -- gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.

CNN: Commentary: Let's aim for Mars