Word: sparked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the U.S. Congress had approved the pact, the Canadian parliament had refused to accept it unless Mulroney called an election. The trade agreement quickly became the central issue of the campaign. Mulroney defended it as a strong effort to liberalize trade and spark economic growth, while his opponents--Liberal John Turner and New Democrat Ed Broadbent--argued that it jeopardized Canadian social programs...
...wing Conservative Party whites won victories in several districts in last month's local elections, they talked boldly of reinstituting "petty apartheid" regulations that segregate public facilities, such as toilets, libraries and parks. Under pressure from the U.S., South African State President P.W. Botha charged that such policies would spark fresh pressure for international sanctions. Conservative Party leader Andries Treurnicht, Botha told a conference in Transvaal, "does not have to look his persecutors in the eye in the conference halls of the world...
...funding from other research. "It's good science," says Princeton's Philip Anderson, a Nobel laureate for his work in solid-state physics, "but we can learn equally fundamental things in other areas of physics and with a lot less money." And while proponents say the SSC would spark a resurgence of national interest in research that would benefit all sciences, M.I.T. physicist Daniel Kleppner fears that smaller projects simply are not glamorous enough to attract congressional attention. "They lack the dramatic quality to make a big splash," he says, "yet the ability to measure a molecular reaction, for example...
Running back Tony Hinz, Harvard's leading rusher, returned to action Saturday after breaking his right hand in the Crimson's game against Brown three weeks ago. Hinz rushed for 95 yards on 17 carries. Wingback Jim Reidy, the Crimson's spark plug in last week's game against Boston University, rushed for 61 yards on eight carries...
...beer in the car and they're underage. Or they have an expired license. Or they have an outstanding warrant for nonsupport." Most of the runaway drivers are in their teens or 20s, while those doing the chasing tend to be young, inexperienced officers. For the cops, pursuits can spark up long hours of dull patrol duty. In addition, "there is a John Wayne syndrome," notes Hubert Williams, president of the Police Foundation in Washington; police work attracts some aggressive "risk takers" who are apt to get caught up in macho antics...