Word: sparking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps if judges and elected officials were more aware of the psychological complexities of many men convicted of major crimes today, they would be less prone to hurling suspects into maximum security houses. Perhaps they would see that it is not always caprice or greed or malice that spark felonies, but grown psychological problems, often instilled at birth and magnified by years of social ostracization. America's prisons could stop masquerading as "correctional facilities," and start addressing the real problems--social and psychiatric--that lead men to crime
Breier's confrontational tactics cause some authorities to wince. In Milwaukee as in Los Angeles County, community leaders have not forgotten that the acquittal of four patrolmen accused of the fata beating of a black businessman was the spark that ignited the murderous Miami riot...
...think we may just be mentally tired," Keller-Sarmiento said after the contest. "We're just not clicking. We need a spark to turn us around," he added...
...UConn relies on its previously parsimonious defensive alignment, look for freshman strikers Kelly Landry and Alicia Carrillo to spark the assault with their creative footwork. If the Huskies double team Landry and Carrillo as Brown did, speedy wing halfs Cat Ferrante and Laura Mayer should capitalize along the sidelines...
...directoring debut, David Steinberg avoids all the gimmicky devices a first-timer often employs and adds his own special stand-up-comic touch to many of the funny scenes. However, his successes on the comedy side barely compensate for his failure to turn the romantic spark between Reynolds and the new first lady Beverly D'Angelo into a flame. Even in comedy, the director at times stretches for just a little bit too much, for that extra, meaningless laugh...