Word: sparking
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...disappear in coming decades - as much as 18% of Bangladesh's current landmass, according to the World Bank. And as the rivers swell with water from melting Himalayan glaciers, land in the center of the country will also disappear. Those effects, combined with more frequent and stronger cyclones, could spark an exodus of climate refugees fleeing for the cities and for other countries...
With time running out, many jaded Lebanese are pinning their hopes on the election of a consensus president, even if that means prolonging Lebanon's political and economic impasse. Better that, they say, than the very real possibility that the emergence of two rival governments will spark street violence and possibly civil war. They know that even if consensus over a President is reached, it will not signal the end of Lebanon's grinding political crisis. The confrontation will move onto the identity of the next Prime Minister, the formation of the new government, and key appointments in the security...
...around in one of his two black souped-up BMW M5s) and air travel (he writes a private blog about his plane trips). "It's good to be here," Terence says. A techie who once ran his own online venture, Terence may have just the right experience to help spark a new manufacturing revolution...
...pain U.S. tourists shopping in cities like London or Paris. And it's a mounting worry for European and Asian manufacturers doing battle with U.S. exporters, whose products are made cheaper on the global market by a dwindling dollar. But for these U.S. manufacturers, the weak dollar is a spark of good news in an otherwise gloomy outlook. "If I were a policymaker in the U.S., I'd be happy to see the dollar slide," says ABN Amro's de Jong...
...drive of the game bounced off the right post.Not content to go into halftime tied, however, sophomore tailback Cheng Ho took a handoff right on the drive’s first play, cut back left, and raced 37 yards for the longest play of the game.It was exactly the spark the Crimson needed, and six plays later, Harvard scored on a 20-yard touchdown pass.Against a team coming off of a 7-0 shutout win against Princeton last week, the importance of the late drive and score in the Crimson’s eventual 23-7 win cannot be understated...