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...ways to spark a movement is to create a defining moment. "We've been doing this now for a few years--pretending this is the one, this is the leap. And in fact, this year was the one. We've had 2005 in mind for quite a while," he says. As early as 2003, Bono and others had picked out a number of unrelated political events--a G-8 meeting that was to have as hosts British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (dubbed by Bono the "John and Paul of global development"), a meeting...
...charisma, media savvy, and the right message for an edgy population concerned about Japan's diminishing stature in the world, he has driven the political debate into uncharted territory. Something?or somebody?bold was needed to lift the Japanese economy out of its lost decade and recapture the spark that had once lit the most sustained economic miracle the modern world has seen. But Koizumi's legacy now hangs in the balance. If the same self-confidence, the same belief in his own rightness that helped turn the economy around, ends up alienating Japan's neighbors for a generation...
...even notch a single goal. Last night, while the Big Green finished zero for four during its one-man advantage situations, the Crimson was two of six on its own powerplay, with a final tap-in by freshman Sarah Wilson to seal the deal.Veterans Raimondi and Johnston helped spark the offense by registering three assists each on the night.“I think I was a little more confident today, and a little more relaxed than I usually am,†Johnston said. “I just seemed to click well with my two linemates...
...TIME: Mao Zedong said: "A single spark can light a prairie fire." LEE: A prairie fire will only start if there's a dry spell. They've got $700 billion worth of reserves. Never has the central government of China been so well equipped with the latest in transportation and communication technology. Is anybody going to die of hunger? No. Anybody needs to be turfed out of their homes and thrown onto the streets without alternatives...
...challenges posed by the drive to do good can spark innovation. A champion of corporate social activism, Swartz became concerned five years ago about toxic organic compounds in the cements used to bind different materials in shoes. The volatile chemicals are poisonous to laborers and bad for the environment. So he asked Timberland researchers to find a less toxic alternative to those adhesives. As it turned out, Nike, far along on its own journey to environmental responsibility (one that has made it the largest retail consumer of organic cotton), was way ahead in developing viable water-based cements...