Word: sprung
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...makers of this so-called synfuel don't have to prove that they are making a better kind of coal, one that burns more efficiently or offers any other benefit. By IRS ruling, they need only modify the chemical composition of coal. As a result, dozens of plants have sprung up across America to carry out a process that in many cases is so slight that critics call it spray and pray, a reference to their hopes that no one will peek too closely. "You can't believe what goes on," a government official long involved with the coal industry...
While all of the eight male final clubs are housed in historic Cambridge buildings, the female social clubs that have sprung up in the past decade have remained homeless, largely because of the high cost of real estate in the Square...
...moment the illusory claims that this law is only meant to protect bar employees. Let’s also ignore claims that a public sick of smoky bars has been the power behind it, if they were active bar patrons then smoke-free bars would have already sprung up to meet their demands. Let’s remember it is a paternalistic “do as I say” attitude that has been the real driving force behind this legislation. Smoking is obviously an unfortunate and dangerous habit but there is a huge difference between what decisions health...
...moment the illusory claims that this law is only meant to protect bar employees. Let’s also ignore claims that a public sick of smoky bars has been the power behind it, if they were active bar patrons then smoke-free bars would have already sprung up to meet their demands. Let’s remember it is a paternalistic “do as I say” attitude that has been the real driving force behind this legislation. Smoking is obviously an unfortunate and dangerous habit but there is a huge difference between what decisions health...
...Levy notes that Sheikh, who set up the Gilani meeting for Pearl, is a known terrorist sprung from an Indian prison in 1999 by the hijackers of an Indian Airlines flight who demanded his freedom as a condition for peacefully abandoning the plane in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. As Levy points out, Sheikh operated freely in Pakistan, living openly with his wife and son, even though he worked with Jihadist groups who may have had connections to Osama bin Laden. Through these and other associations, Levy also infers that Sheikh was connected to the ISI. And he questions why Pakistani officials...