Word: sparking
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...with a government order for Petrella's extradition to Rome still pending, French authorities now face a harrowing decision: whether to hand over a convicted killer likely to die if her imprisonment continues; or release a woman with an irreproachable record during her 15 years in France, and thereby spark the fury of Italian officials and the families of her victims who still demand justice...
...markets flourish, bringing the benefits of economic growth to more people. In fact, that's another argument I've heard against creative capitalism: "We don't need to make capitalism more creative. We just need governments to stop interfering with it." There is something to this. Many countries could spark more business investment - both within their borders and from the outside - if they did more to guarantee property rights, cut red tape and so on. But these changes come slowly. In the meantime, we can't wait. As a businessman, I've seen that companies can tap new markets right...
...Reprieve for the Ruling Party Turkey's highest court narrowly ruled against banning the governing AK Party over charges that its allegedly Islamist agenda violated the country's secular constitution, but the court sent a "serious warning" by slashing its state funding. Many had feared a ban would spark political chaos, threatening Turkey...
...July 17, Kay Ryan became the 16th U.S. poet Laureate, one of the most coveted positions in American letters. Yet when Senator Spark Matsunaga, himself an amateur poet, pushed Congress to create the post in 1985, the American literary community was appalled. With its roots in 17th century England, where the laureate still writes occasional verses marking royal births and weddings, the title was one that few American poets rushed to adopt. "It's in the field of politics," scoffed Allen Ginsberg. With artists serving renewable eight-month terms, the U.S. "may be down to third-rate poets pretty quickly...
...four other members of Libya's ruling Revolutionary Council. Gaddafi may also have less support from his principal ally, the Soviet Union. A delegation from Moscow that had been expected to attend last week's ceremonies failed to show up. Such a conspicuous absence strengthens the suspicion that the spark has gone out of Gaddafi's revolution...