Word: sparking
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...month by signing an agreement that would allow New Delhi - which never signed the Nonproliferation Treaty - to buy U.S. fuel and reactors. The arrangement must get approval from the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, the IAEA and the U.S. Congress before taking effect, but critics already fear it could spark an arms race with China and Pakistan...
...Revolution bedevils Hessler. The scholar's tale is the only one without a satisfying ending, but Hessler finds inspiration in the dogged optimism of Chen and his fellow intellectuals. "They had tried to reconcile Western ideas with Chinese traditions," he writes. "Most of them had failed, but ... somehow a spark of their idealism had survived. I recognized it in young people like Emily and Willy, who, despite living in a world without familiar bearings, still cared about right and wrong." In such hands, concludes Hessler, his beloved, polluted, conflicted China should do just fine. -By Don Morrison...
...League action begins in 2007. “Playing a tougher mental team is going to help us improve our mental game,” Lackner said. “It’s a good opportunity to gain some confidence.” “The spark is going to come from our frustration with our record—we are good and our record doesn’t show that,” Rollins added. “Someone has to beat Wisconsin at home, and I think it should...
Consequently, Donato has been shuffling his lineup, trying out new special teams units and realigning his forward lines to try to inspire a spark in his squad...
...less impressive when you have nowhere new to go—Stefani has lost some of her fresh zaniness without gaining any maturity. Let’s hope that by her next album, she has enough new ideas to do something besides try in vain to recreate the spark of “Lamb.Angel.Music.Baby...