Word: sparkingly
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...last spring, Allard stood among the dynamite freshmen that helped spark the Harvard baseball team to an Eastern League championship. He started in left field; the right fielder was Chuck Marshall, whom Restic had just brought in to play tight end. The usual first-stringer, Marshall had played only two plays during the previous three quarters because Restic and offensive coach Al Bruno had decided to go with their two biggest tight ends to aid the flourishing running attack in the heavy weather...
...THINKS Thoreau, he's sort of a fraud," the press agent says over the phone. Here's a spark of interest--after all, Henry David shows up about 36 inches into the Five Foot Shelf of Books. And now someone's gotten the goods on him, found some grinning skeleton of Piltdown Man in the closet of his rude cabin. Okay, so send the book...
...members are nothing if not eager. I went to North Cambridge one day last spring to write a story about a party follower who had been fired for proselytizing fourth graders in his job as a gym/history teacher. That glimmer of reportorial interest was spark enough; since, there have been visits every couple of weeks from party members bearing the newspaper and willing to talk about the revolution, more than willing. Dawn, a party publicist, comes most often. She speaks a strange brand of English, leaning heavily on the rhetorical question ("Yeah, but what's at the base...
Despite Kania's talk of moderation and reform, doubt remained about his intentions. His freedom of action was limited in any case by the dilemma he had inherited from Gierek: repudiation of the agreements would spark renewed labor upheavals, yet the establishment of truly independent unions would irk Moscow. For the present, he seemed to be feeling his way, seeking a balance between the workers' expectations and the Kremlin's imperatives...
Coach George Ford's seventh season may see Keller-Sarmiento at an uncustomary center position, as Ford seeks a more potent offensive combination. Captain Michael Smith, an outstanding mid-fielder, should also provide some needed spark in the opposing zone...