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That story is the off-lead at USAT and the Los Angeles Times . The LAT lead is Wednesday's resurgence in Japan's stock and currency markets, spurred by evidence of a political deal there to allow public funds to be used to rescue its crippled banking system.
The Serb crackdown spurred the first organized Albanian opposition.
So persistent and determined was his blocking of the vote that it spurred another councillor to take him aside and explain what a urinal was.
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.
Stiff James, the oldest, wanted to be a writer (he ended up a curate) and spurred Jane to compete.