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I put the dials on high alert a few weeks ago for groovy , spurred by a spate of printed sightings.
Of all the many pieces of writing spurred by the Cold War and the threat of nuclear apocalypse, and of the other kinds of 20 th century apocalyptic writing, his poem "The Horses" may be the most effective, perhaps because it is the most calm and gentle.
As a nonspecialist, simply a lover of words, an amateur precisianist and a crossword addict--alas, I find yours too easy--I am spurred to take issue with Tony Day [XX,4,21] on the subject of rhyming slang.
But it's also worth mentioning that Harvey Weinstein's interest in funding Good Will Hunting was not spurred by his own finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities but rather by Kevin Smith, a golden boy after the profitable release of Chasing Amy , who delivered the script for Good Will Hunting to Weinstein in person and insisted that it be made.
Slave redeemers provide a strong financial incentive for the continuation of the slave business, which would otherwise be unprofitable, and have spurred an increase in the number of Sudanese being enslaved.