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Recently, the head of the California Bar Association delivered an address at the annual meeting decrying jokes about lawyers, suggesting that a man who had raided a law office and killed some people in it had been inspired or spurred on by the derisive attitude toward lawyers that “lawyer jokes” fostered.
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.
Spurred on by Gore's rushed schedule for the testing program, even EPA officials admit they are not able to develop a scientifically defensible testing strategy.
Spurred by the recent governors' conference held in Washington, D.C., the pundits confer Issue 3 status on the state budgets.
A calculated civic boosterism (so exuberant that the city's chamber of commerce slogan was once "Charlotte--A Good Place to Make Money") has spurred the city's desire to appear enlightened.