Word: sparking
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...said that the continued discussion was only part of the process. Elizabeth C. McKenna ’08, who worked for the Obama campaign in Ottawa County, Ohio, led the action group on youth organizing. “Why did you come today?,” she asked to spark discussion. “The election was a month ago.” Josh J. Wolf, a graduate student at MIT, replied, “I’m here because I want to see what comes next.” —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman...
...beyond what could happen here in France," warned former Socialist prime minister Laurent Fabius last Friday of the increasingly raucous student protests that closed about 100 French high schools last week. "When you have the economic depression and social despair we're facing, all it takes is a spark." (Read TIME's Top 10 news stories of the year...
...Cori is a soft-spoken quiet leader, who is dominant on the ice and graciously understated off of it,” Cahow said. “She cares deeply for all of her teammates and has the spark to push herself to improve at every opportunity, more often than not, when no one else is watching...
...team still needed a spark, and it looked to Lin to provide it. With nine minutes to play, Lin took the ball, faked left, drove right, and beat the whole Huskies team to the hoop, throwing down a tomahawk jam that brought Lavietes to its feet...
...when she arrived at Harvard, Okonjo-Iweala was surprised to learn that there was no concentration in geography. Thankfully, a Harvard teacher would soon spark an unexpected passion that shaped her career path...