Word: sparking
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...thought [the novel] was a clever way to spark a much needed debate,” Owusu-Kesse said. “It places the responsibility on the shoulders of blacks to facilitate change...
...Vietnamization of New Jersey is lots of sound and fury, but the comedy and even the emotion isn’t in the chaos, it’s in the occasional clever lines surrounding it. The shouts of Toder and others certainly bring energy, but they spark less of Durang’s inspired lunacy and more memories of relatives picking awkward fights at Thanksgiving. The gunshots, yells, and moans of pain become something the viewer has to sit through in order to hear Et’s hilarious school play on American history (which includes such roles...
...Cost of the spark arrester that should have been installed in the off-road vehicle that officials believe started the blaze...
What can Evans add? By neatly placing his subjects in their day and exploring what drove them, the author distills a template for innovation that, he candidly writes, he hopes will "spark the ambitions of the next generation to make a new America." That's shooting high, just as his subjects did. --By Daniel Kadlec
...Harvard women’s soccer team’s win against Yale last Saturday may well prove to be the spark the team has been searching for all season. As a group confident in their recent play, the Crimson players now prepare to host a struggling Cornell team, whose loss to Penn last week was as deflating as Harvard’s win was uplifting...