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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Johnson has also been a spark plug to his linemates, Moore and junior winger Kenny Turano...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goalies Set for M. Hockey ECAC Semifinal Showdown | 3/20/2003 | See Source »

...said that a similar series of events could easily spark war today. As an inhabitant of Jerusalem with a son in the Israeli army, Oren said he found that fact “personally quite terrifying...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Finds Current Relevancy in Six Day War | 3/12/2003 | See Source »

McGeary said he hopes the statement would help publicize tomorrow’s rally and spark campus debate, but he said the Democrats released the statement out of a sense of responsibility...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: College Dems Oppose War in Iraq | 3/11/2003 | See Source »

...would have to be truly naive to believe that the current U.S. Administration will invest serious efforts in promoting good governance in the region." Among Arabs, the vision of a postwar Middle East is filled with dread. Many are convinced that a war would breed regional instability and spark a fresh burst of anti-American rage. Terrorist ranks would find fresh recruits to spread violence across the region. Fundamentalist forces could provoke crackdowns that stifle any political opening. Or if regimes allowed a tenuous democracy, well-organized fundamentalists could come to power. "The consequences of war," Saudi Arabia's Foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Beyond Saddam | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...Philippines, the black-clad crowds that toppled President Joseph Estrada in 2001 were summoned into being with a now famous single line of coded text passed from phone to phone: "Go 2 EDSA [an acronym for a Manila street]. Wear blck." In Nigeria, the same technology was used to spark anti--Miss World riots that killed hundreds and drove the beauty contest out of Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day of the Smart Mobs | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

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