Word: sparked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whole team got to swim today," Harvard Coach Maura Costin-Scalise said, "and for those people who didn't compete at the Alabama Invitational, it was only their second meet of the season, and some just didn't seem to have the spark. I think I have a better idea of our depth...
...spiral is not halted by the end of 1990. At worst, the growing shortages of energy and food this winter could wreak social mayhem. "If we don't see improvement in the stores, we will soon see riots in the streets," warns a top Soviet criminal lawyer. "Anything could spark it. And the government would have to suppress it with force." Among the signals of trouble...
COCA has broken out of the cycle of dining-hall tabling and rallies that most campus activist groups find themselves locked into. Such traditional tactics are not wholly useless. There is no substitute for one-on-one discussion of pertinent issues, and rallies can serve to spark student enthusiasm...
...support and bring down the six-month- old Cristiani government. If that was the intent, the rebels missed their mark by a wide margin. While their ability to infiltrate tons of arms and ammunition and 3,500 fighters into the capital demonstrated significant civilian support, the guerrillas failed to spark a popular uprising. In fact, the assault may have earned the rebels more new detractors than supporters. Traditional political allies, such as the National Revolutionary Movement, condemned the F.M.L.N. and called on it to return to the negotiating table...
Members of COCA said they distributed the notices to draw attention to U.S. involvement in El Salvador and spark debate at Harvard...