Word: sprang
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...Minister's final victory, Moretti took the stage at a center-left rally in Rome and launched a broadside against the opposition leaders standing next to him, criticizing their inability to contend with Berlusconi. A political movement built up around the director that circumvented the major opposition parties. Rallies sprang up in the form of giant human chains, one encircling the Rome headquarters of rai state television to protest Berlusconi's conflicts of interest as owner of half the country's TV channels - no wonder it was nicknamed the Ring-Around-the-Rosy campaign. A year later, Moretti quietly ceased...
...episode raises questions about the output of the 450 independent firms, most of which sprang up after the settlement. Are hedge funds paying for conclusions that would move a stock in their direction? What else don't we know about how independent research firms operate? "The Gradient story hasn't helped their image," says Mayhew...
...women’s freshman squad controlled the competition that it faced. Jitka Tomas threw 34.61 meters to win the javelin, freshman Becky Christensen sprang 1.62 meters for first in the high jump, and freshman Elissa Reidy took the triple jump with an 11.36-meter effort...
...generation ago, during the Soviet era, defectors like Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova were galvanizing the dance world. Russian dancers and the historic tradition they sprang from were the gold standard in international ballet. Today, however, the buzz is all about Latins...
After President Bush called for a ban on "human-animal hybrids" in the State of the Union address, humananimalhybrid.net sprang up to mock the oversimplification of complex issues...