Word: sprung
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Sharpened machetes were no longer deadly enough weapons for rural Kenyans during the ethnic warfare that scourged their country following December's flawed election. So they replaced them with poisoned bows and arrows - and an arms industry of sorts has sprung up to produce them...
Bill Clinton came from a little town called Hope. Chairman Mao sprung from the chili-eating village of Shaoshan, a place whose entire economy now relies on promoting its native son. So it's instructive to think for a moment of the rural district of Kepala Batas, home to Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The locals of Kepala Batas, located in western Malaysia's Penang state, consider Abdullah, whose ruling National Front coalition is contesting the March 8 general elections, a kindly, avuncular presence. But their real respect appears to be reserved for his father and grandfather, both...
...free throws to put the Tigers up eight with two and a half minutes remaining. Little did anyone in Lavietes know that a mauling was in the works.First came an innocent layup from senior captain Brad Unger. A laughably horrendous layup attempt by Princeton’s Marcus Schroeder sprung junior Evan Harris to life. Harris drained a basket to bring the lead within four. Hustling back to the other end to force a turnover, the fortuitous change in luck led to successive layups from underclassmen Kyle Fitzgerald and Jeremy Lin to send the game into overtime...
...initiative, half political engagement, Focus the Nation is a countrywide effort to put climate change front and center on American campuses - and enlist students as foot soldiers in political battles over global warming. The movement has grown massively since Goodstein launched it with his wife Chungin Chung; branches have sprung up on campuses around the country and prominent greens, like the sustainability guru Hunter Lovins and retired Sen. Gary Hart, are on its board. That rise culminated in a national teach-in event on Jan. 31, when teachers and students at over 1,500 campuses gathered to discuss global warming...
...Advocate has proven its tenacious staying power. Having weathered both time and numerous editorial changeovers, it seems likely that many new names will grace the Advocate’s masthead in years to come. This may not be the case for a generation of undergraduate magazines that has sprung to life in the past few years...