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Shortages and slipping wages sparked street protests this winter that forced the ruling socialists to hand power over to a caretaker government.
The Lewinsky affair, she believes, has sparked a hysterical backlash against sexual harassment laws.
The Education Committee sparked the creation of the Public Legal Education Council, a 35-member body created by joint initiative of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Star Wars toy contracts were scheduled to expire next year, which sparked a bidding war this fall.
The Times of London led its front page Wednesday with the jailing in Serbia of a TV technician who sparked the biggest anti-Milosevic demonstration since the Kosovo war by breaking into a broadcast of a basketball championship match to urge viewers to take to the streets.