Word: sparked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Commerce Department and Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the study examined the comparative prices of 122 products ranging from catsup to cameras. The results: 84 items were priced higher in Japan's capital than in the Big Apple. The more dramatic examples included European spark plugs ($7.60 in Tokyo, $1.70 in New York), U.S.-made electric shavers ($90.15 vs. $44.95) and Australian bed linen ($63.40 vs. $20). The Bush Administration is likely to cite the survey as evidence that Japanese trade barriers hinder competition that would lead to lower prices in that country...
WASHINGTON. A barrage of gunfire erupts just outside Woodrow Wilson High School as classes are dismissed for the day. Four students are shot, but all survive. Later, a teen-age boy who is not enrolled at Wilson is convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. The spark for the mayhem: an argument over a seat in the school cafeteria...
Yale kicker Ed Perks boots a 28-yd. field goal with 10 seconds left to spark the Elis to a 23-22 win over Penn in New Haven...
...Yale quarterback rushes for 89 yards and throws for 158 yards to spark a 34-19 win over...
Look for Casey Jones and Trent Andison to spark the Cornell scoring attack...