Word: spurred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...table. No one believes Moscow can single-handedly make peace. Any hope of overcoming that logjam still requires American influence. "The Arabs and the Soviets know that until the United States joins the game, there is no game," says a U.S. Administration official. Then perhaps Moscow's aggressiveness will spur the idling Bush Administration...
...future may come sooner than expected because of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Along with the 150-plus hours of over-the-air coverage it will provide, NBC has announced plans to offer separate packages of events for PPV. The prospect of large revenues from the Olympics is likely to spur more cable systems to acquire PPV technology before then...
...availability of new, cheaper models is likely to spur sales in business markets, but whether the technology will be attractive to the ordinary shutterbug is an open question. Proponents argue that still videos are simpler to store than slides or color prints and more easily edited than videotapes. The manufacturers envision video-generation consumers exchanging floppy disks by mail and giving video slide shows to friends and relatives. Says Sony's Hiroshi Yasuo: "We believe it will become a big business...
Harvard hopes its last-second defeat to UMass will spur the team to play with greater intensity...
Lindsey's research interests include the influence tax rates have over individual behavior, and he has often called for a reduction in capital gains taxes to spur increased investment...