Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spark for a settlement came, surprisingly, from Iran. On the morning of Aug. 2, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh approached Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, his Saudi Arabian counterpart. The two men talked for about 90 minutes in Yamani's suite, which had a sweeping view of Lake Geneva. Since OPEC members were unwilling to make long-term promises to limit their oil production, Aqazadeh reasoned, Why not try an interim measure? He suggested a temporary return to the group's 1984 quota of some 16 million...
Then, 10,000 or more years ago, man joined forces with nature to maintain the prairie ecosystem. "A spark from an Indian campfire or a bolt of lightning, and the prairie was ablaze," says Northeastern Illinois University Biologist Robert Betz. The fires, Betz explains, were a natural part of the system, favoring the growth of deep-rooted species that could easily survive the repeated conflagrations. A startling variety of plants and flowers flourished under these conditions, their roots creating a dense, interlocking mass that reached as far as twelve feet underground. Between blazes, the prairies teemed with quarry...
...Caribbean countries alone--could be reduced through the adoption of tough austerity measures by the debtors under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund. At Seoul the so-called Baker Plan affirmed that longer-term economic growth among the developing countries also had a role to play. To spark that expansion, the Treasury Secretary proposed that the World Bank and other multilateral agencies loan an additional $9 billion to the most highly indebted Third World countries over the next three years...
This issue is our contribution to the very special Fourth of July the nation will celebrate next month, a birthday present to the Statue of Liberty as she turns 100. Like most stimulating journalism, it will, the editors expect and indeed hope, spark some spirited disagreements about our choices and our omissions. For example, in Books we talk about that distinctive American contribution to detective fiction, the hard-boiled hero. Some will rightly miss a piece about the remarkable and varied voices of women writers in America. So do we, but another time...
Kelly, one of the masterminds behind the cagers' "Ivy League Shuffle" rap video and an instant spark off the bench, helped Harvard to a share of its first-ever Ivy League basketball title this past season...