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It explained, "The fighting in West Kalimantan was sparked by a local dispute over a bus fare."
The availability of inexpensive powerful computing has sparked renewed interest in local regression techniques and its theoretical underpinnings have been extensively elucidated [ 9, 10, 11].
Also, Saddam is taking advantage of the current Arab backlash against the United States , sparked by the latter's failure to broker a peace settlement with Israel.
One participant added that the interest in the profession over the past 10 years has dropped by half, although the recent publicity stemming from Enron and WorldCom, albeit negative, has actually sparked increased interest in the profession.
Brinkley has also mounted his thanatic pulpit to tell and retell anecdotes about Kennedy's decency: how he declined an honorary doctorate because he felt he didn't deserve it, how his racial compassion sparked him to visit Mike Tyson in jail.