Word: stirs
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...away the largest purse for any team sport, and Stanford, 58, is betting the match will attract a TV audience of 700 million. His primary motivation is to revive cricket's fading fortunes in the Caribbean, but he's also hoping it will stir up interest in the final frontier: the U.S. His countrymen, Stanford says, "are going to see a form of cricket they can completely identify with...
...their grief after their master was crucified. However, such a contentious reading of the 87-line tablet depends on creative interpretation of a smudged passage, making it the latest entry in the woulda/coulda/shoulda category of possible New Testament artifacts; they are useful to prove less-spectacular points and to stir discussion on the big ones, but probably not to settle them nor shake anyone's faith...
...report, titled "The Blue Ribbon Review of Nuclear Weapons Policies and Procedures," caused a stir in February after a summary of its findings identified an overall slip in nuclear weapons safety that allowed a B-52 bomber to carry six live nuclear warheads across the U.S. last year. The report led U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to force the resignations of the Air Force's top civilian and military leaders earlier this month...
...rickety ceiling fans stir the stale air in a cramped room in New Delhi where 10 men hunch over bright fabrics, sewing shorts to be sold overseas. "I get paid 24 rupees [56 cents] for every piece I stitch," says 31-year-old Amjad Ali. "But I'm sure it's very expensive when it sells abroad." Ali works a lot of overtime at this garment subcontractor, with no holidays, yet he can still barely support his wife...
...context of cutting off financial aid fund for non-registrants, was a bigger issue that year, earning mention in a Crimson recap of the 1982-1983 academic year as an issue that had occupied the campus’ attention. But even that article took care to show that the stir over the draft registration was limited: apart from an October rally on the steps of Memorial Church to oppose draft registration, little else happened...