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He's a spark plug. He gets into the game and (the team) feeds off that. That's what gets the team into the game.

He's just gotten somewhat healthy this week. He gave us a spark when he went in there, and he came out of it healthy. That's good news, because he can take it the distance any time he gets his hands on it.

His presence was the game. He provided a spark for them. During that second quarter, he got the ball to the people they wanted to shoot.

His play won't show up on the stat sheet but Jordan did a good job of guarding and rebounding. Jordan played about 25 minutes and really gave us a spark tonight.

We looked for something to give us a spark and hoped that maybe it would work,'' said Tiller, who wasn't pleased with the accuracy of Kirsch's passes for most of the game.

We made our free throws down the stretch and that was huge. We came out of the gate pretty good to start the first and second halves, and A.J. gave us a nice spark off the bench.

He was kind of our unspoken leader on offense. He led by example as much as anything. All the kids looked up to him and admired his work ethic. When we needed a big play he'd spark it for us.

He was our sixth man all year and gave us a spark off the bench. He brought a lot of energy.

He was a huge spark coming off the bench. He's got so much energy and pride in the way he plays on the floor.

Kentucky had a massive crowd and it pumped us all up. I think that did a good job to spark us.

Jade Broxton came in and gave us a big spark several times.

Jacob Overcash. He may prove to be a real spark for us.

Kate came out very aggressive and really gave us a spark in the second half. Overall we got better spacing in the second half and that allowed us to convert some big buckets inside.

I think you'll be amazed by the spark that our young talent is going to bring. We've got a group with great veteran leadership, but the new players have energized everybody. We're getting better every week we play together.

I think you'll be amazed by the spark that our young talent is going to bring.

I think the change is going to spark the team. We'll get the best coach in here. We are young and have a lot of talent. I think a new coach will help us out a lot.

It is gratifying that aggressive regulatory action is being pursued to identify and eliminate one of the dangers identified by the (NTSB) ... in its investigation of the crash of TWA Flight 800 -- potential ignition sources that could spark a fuel tank explosion,

I thought we came out with a little spark in the second half. We started to play man (defense), and that created some turnovers.

I thought that kick-off would spark us on offense. But that was about the only spark we had all game. We played very badly last week, we've worked on getting tougher this week in practice.

I think that gave us a spark of energy. When he puts his mind to it, he can be pretty special.

I think it's the furthest thing from a distraction, I think it brings an excitement. We've played a lot of games in a short stretch here, and this should certainly be something that brings out a spark in us, no doubt about it.

I think we came out much better and much stronger tonight. We had more urgency on the puck. We played with a spark that we didn't have against Latvia.

I think that (the third inning) turned the tide for this team - because there was a different look in their face when they came off the field - because they don't like to play poor defense. It was the spark that we needed.

I think that John is also making that point to the American voter who feels that he can't make a difference because it's all too rotten, that if one is inquisitive enough, then maybe that spark can be ignited,

I was just out there playing. I got the ball in good position and scored it. We just needed a spark I guess and tonight, it was me.

I was just trying to spark the team a little bit. We weren't playing very well. Things didn't seem to be going our way.

I was just trying to spark my team.

I think there will be a spark in attendance from fans that are glad it's going back there. It seems like it's best for the league.

Just because we needed a spark in the offense. We haven't necessarily had that spark that you need to get your offense moving, and hopefully Marcus will do that.

Jessica showed tremendous leadership tonight. Taylor has missed some time, but she has come on and gave us a big spark tonight.

Jillian is such a spark plug for us. She brings a lot of energy and confidence to the team.

I think enthusiasm for our music will be the spark that ignites the fire under the people that hate it and think we're a bad influence on kids.

Our imports increase as long as the economy grows. But there's certainly a concern that our exports are down despite the fact that Asian and European economies have begun to rebound. Maintaining the high deficit is dangerous because that means a huge debt, and if our creditors lose confidence in the U.S. economy and begin selling dollars, which drives down the value of the currency, that could spark a serious inflation threat.

Our goal is to phase ourselves out and have these projects be self-sustaining. We want to spark the initiative. The best education tool is to have the product used, and then people can see its value.

Record or near-record trade deficits spark howls of concern about the threat posed to the economic expansion, but like inflation, the trade deficit's bark has been far worse than its bite. April's deficit, another near record, simply shows that we are still importing like there is no tomorrow.

Our operations benefited from good but not great market conditions. Electricity prices and spark spreads, particularly in Alberta and the (U.S.) Pacific Northwest were reasonably strong in January and February but began to trend downward in March.

Stephen's been playing great. He's been shooting it well. He's been confident, coming in, changing the games offensively. I think he was our offensive spark today.

Starting with an Internet radio station was a way to spark the creation of content.

That alone is going to spark a world of interest.

Marina has that capability to spark us. When she's on, when she's focused, this team will follow her lead.

Lindsey is a tremendous spark for us, and that was one of the reasons I felt comfortable with her in the lead-off slot. It's not in our team's character to go out and take the first pitch. I tell them to come out swinging, so I wasn't surprised when she swung at strike one. She came back and sent the next pitch sailing.

Like last week, our defense added a spark with turnovers. Chris Newson returned a pick 42 yards to give us a 12-6 lead. Then Kaleb Prothro intercepted a pass in the Hot Springs end zone to stop a drive.

I was tired. I just ran that kickoff back, and I was tired. I got to the 30-yard line, and I had no more in me. It was a big play to spark the team.

It felt good to go out and play with confidence against a good team. We definitely got our spark back today.

I think overall society should change and society should reanalyze their position on marijuana. If nothing else, this will spark conversations that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. The main goal is to bring more attention to this issue.

It doesn't matter who's on the other side of the field, you have to come out and play. Against Portland State (on Friday), I don't think we gave up, but I don't think we had the spark we had in the first game. I want to keep putting them out there in tough situations, and to know we can get back-to-back wins, it's a big step for us, right this second, and we're taking baby steps.

It doesn't take much. We have high winds, relatively low humidity and as it gets to be late afternoon the sun warms things up and all it takes is a spark and the fine fuels, the grass and twigs, will ignite very easily.

I tell you what, Toronto's got a scrappy, young team, ... They kicked our butts on the boards early in the game and they just keep coming at you. The young guys really give them a spark and I didn't think Graham was going to miss at first and then they just started hurting us on the boards. It's a good scrappy team and we were lucky to get out of it with the win.

It could spark the production of supercomputers that fit into the palm of your hand or tiny devices to fight disease and repair injuries from inside our bodies,

I think it will spark a lot of outrage. Clearly much of his high-level pay is due to the high price of gas.

I think it will be an announcement that will spark a tremendous revitalization in downtown Pittsburgh,

I think Jordan can be a great spark off the bench. This will give us a little different dynamic. Sharp leads our team in rebounds per minutes (played). And that's got to be a focus for us this weekend.

I think I've got the mind part of the game down pretty well, ... I've got to make more hits, force more turnovers and spark this defense. Being physical is the key because our expectations are to be a top-five defense.

I think this is exactly what we need. I think we need a bit of a challenge, something to maybe spark us and something to get us going. This game is all about momentum, and right now we don't have it.

That was the spark of the game, him coming off the bench and hitting three in a row.

That was the first time, other than the medley (relay) that we've put Libby (O'Brien) on anchor. Starting her just wasn't working. When Krissy (Brown) starts, that seems to spark her. We get more out of it all the way around with Krissy starting and Libby on anchor.

That was really the spark that got us in gear.

That was all it took to get a spark going and let our kids know that this game wasn't over and we were still in it.

That was kind of the spark that got us going.

That's the way I've played since I was a kid in AAU and in high school. We need guys that can come off the bench and give the team a spark and make a run. That's what I did tonight.

I was never really worried about the slow start like that because I knew our defense was good enough to wear them down. Sammy is one of our sophomore leaders and really gave us that spark at the right time.

Mike and Gustavo have definitely been a bright spark for us so far. They're clicking on the court and their personalities seem to mesh.

Michael always comes in and gives it 100 percent. He's another one of the quiet kids on the team. He's always thinking, 'What's going to happen here?' He's a player's player. He's ready for what's going to happen and he plays good defense and he came in and gave us a big spark because of his energy. And one of the things we talked about was that we had to play with intensity and Michael came in and took that to heart. He played with intensity and it was evident that it gave us a pickup.

When I saw that quote, I thought the same thing. I was studying Shakespeare at a university during the making of Make Believe, and it did spark some concern, and I asked Rivers about it. We never directly say, 'So, does this mean this is our last record? What does this mean?' But I know he took Shakespeare too, and maybe it struck a chord with him.

Winning the Christmas tournament was great. That really seemed to spark us.

Whether Eric comes off the bench or starts, he gives our team a spark on offense or defense. He?s been a true senior leader.

Whitney Todd gave us a spark in the second half. And our younger kids started playing with confidence.

We were looking for ways to spark things. Travis did a nice job of getting the win but we feel it's important for Joe, who's played so well of late, to get back in there.

We were looking for our defense to spark our offense, we shut a good team down tonight.

We find all of these things extremely troubling. We find all of them to be certainly efforts to spark a civil war. And we think that the Iraqis will do their very best to avoid just that.

We came off a little rusty from the (10-day) break. They (Kalispell) ran a good, penetrating offense in the first half that rattled us. They were getting easy baskets and we weren't shooting the ball very well. We needed to change things up so I went with a little younger lineup with Kelsey Ham in there because she's such a quick little guard on defense. She turned out to be a little spark for us and the rest of the players did little things well, which is what it's going to take.

We wanted to make sure the crowd saw them come in. We decided to capitalize on it. When they saw him, the place went into a frenzy. It gave us a spark and we went off from there.

We've got other guys to score. But if we need energy and we need a spark and we need to get physical, then there's a need for me.

We're waiting for the big spark that will set people on fire.

Trevor gave us a nice spark in the second quarter.

You know they came here to get the point, then they would be satisfied with the point. They came here to defend, as you saw everybody in the box. It is sometimes difficult to break down the defense, as it was today. We didn't have any idea how to do it. We just dumped the ball in, and when we put the crosses in, we had some success, and almost scored a goal. We didn't have a spark from anybody. We played with the same speed all the time. The game slipped away.

We needed that timeout. When we changed our defense and went to a trap, it really seemed to spark us.

We needed to come out and be the aggressors. When we played Eau Claire last weekend (a 63-59 overtime victory for Oshkosh), we came out with no intensity. With all of the young, talented kids Lois has, it only takes one thing to spark them.

We got the spark from the PPI today,

We made it a little interesting in the first half, but then we got some momentum with Anthony Morgan's huge interception, ... That really got us going. Sometimes you just need a spark to get things going. Everything seemed to fall into place after that spark got in there.

You have this dry, parched field, and any spark can set it off. Any hope for a honeymoon for Bush is now dead.

We didn't show a lot of spark after winning the sectional. But we wrestle with a lot of emotion tonight. I was happy with the effort.

We are really, really pleased. We figured a top 10 would be great. We lost time with that spark plug at 3 o'clock in the morning when we lost 50 minutes, but otherwise we are really pleased. Except for that one thing, we didn't miss a beat. We wanted to finish in the top 10 in class, but 11th is still great.

We planned that, ... They both played pretty well. They have different things they're comfortable with, but they're both coming along.. We're in a situation where we can spark some competition, so we'll do that.

We pride ourselves on bringing the most exciting and innovative attractions to our parks and Tornado is one of the best water experiences out there. Its enormous size and unique shape has garnered quite the buzz in the water park industry and is sure to spark interest with Six Flags Hurricane Harbor guests. Perhaps the best part of the ride is enjoying it with your family and friends.

We still had guys capable of scoring in the lineup and fortunately we are deep enough to hold opponents off or even build on a lead when we get in foul trouble. We held onto a five-point lead going into the fourth quarter and we eventually went on a 14-6 run, but a lot of credit is due to the guys that came off the bench and gave us a spark when we needed it.

We want to help further the understanding of the Italian culture and language to those who are interested. We're hoping that these events will spark students' interests in our club and prompt more people to join, along with providing an educational and entertaining experience.

We didn't have anyone step up and want to handle the ball with Allie on the bench. Even when we had the lead early, I didn't think we had any spark about us. I never thought we were in the game mentally. Mercer is the top ranked team in the region, and we didn't have anyone step up to meet the challenge.

We didn't have a good practice at all yesterday morning. But we came back last night a little bit and there was definitely a spark there today.

We are missing that spark and if we can find it there will be fireworks at Ellis Park.

The dead grass and pine needles from last year serve as fuel for the fire. With the wind blowing the way it is, an ember from a small fire can blow dozens of feet and spark a larger fire.

The facts are startling: in Germany, 36% of undergraduates receive their degrees in science and engineering. In China, the figure is 59%, and in Japan 66%. In the United States, the corresponding figure is 32%, ... It is clear we need to do all we can to attract more students to the sciences to remain competitive in the global economy. Such an effort must start in our elementary and secondary schools. National Chemistry Week provides our teachers with the tools and ideas to spark that interest.

What I'm trying to do is light a spark under folks to take it into their own hands a bit and make those personal stories known. That relates very well at the congressional level.

There are a lot of kids out there that have great talent and we want to help spark their imagination through this.

When a couple of guys hit three's like that, it kind of relaxes you as a team. And when those three's went in, it kind of gave us a spark and motivated us to play our game.

When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.

We're trying everything. We brought up three sophomores to try to give us a spark in practice. It worked, but we still can't seem to get over the hump.

We kept missing some spark in January and it's been unfortunate. We need to execute better. We've lost some close ones that have put us in this position. We're one of them most talented teams in central Ohio and I expect that we'll be right back into second.

To me, that was a sign. I was trying to spark the team, getting Freddy in.

We had a tree from outside of the right-of-way fall down across some lines. It sounds as though that may have caused the spark that started the fire.