Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...region. U.S. relations with the Arab world, particularly with such moderate states as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, could be severely damaged. Most unsettling of all, despite the cease-fire that took effect on Friday, was the possibility that an all-out clash between Israel and Syria could spark a broader regional war and might even prompt the Soviets to intervene on behalf of Syria...
...liable to exclaim, "It's just like Rocky!" The story of the virtuous and vulnerable heavyweight, Rocky Balboa, the Philadelphia club fighter who "went the distance" (Rocky, 1976) and battled to the championship (Rocky II, 1979), has become a red, white and blue touchstone of fable, energizing a spark of recognition that few film heroes-and fewer fighters-have ever done...
While the pricey performance cars and convertibles have added a spark to auto sales, most of Detroit's factories will not be in full gear until the American middle class can once again afford a new car. A break in interest rates would help, but many buyers would still be deterred by steep sticker prices. Even the cheapest Chevrolet costs $5,270. William Goff, 52, a Dearborn, Mich., telephone worker, was discouraged by what he saw last week at a GM showroom. Said he: "I can't believe that some of these cars cost more than I paid...
Within the CFIA, however. Swift has won unusual friendship and esteem from her colleagues One of the best liked fellows at the center. Swifts described variously as "warm and outgoing," "energetic" and "extremely intelligent," and one administrator called her "a spark plug member of the group...
...from that troubled time immediately before our own, we take the unsettling thought that all is not right in the world. From "the movement's" failure to change the world, there comes the settling, if sorrowful, idea that all will never be right in the world. Some spark of political consciousness remains-every year of our stay has witnessed at least one sizable demonstration. But none of the fever-of the frenzied idea that something must be done, can be done, should be done - lingers. The apathy Times and News week point to stems less from the assured sense that...