Both are important triggers of change.

5aled_DH I hope this is the spark that wakes up the nation from its slumber

This sparked the brief but bitter civil war.

Forty years ago Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution.

Given these conditions, even a small spark could ignite a wildfire.

The politically charged questionnaire that triggered the protest on November 26, 2012.

Nothing works as potently to inflame protectionist sentiment as large trade deficits.

His presence in the country might well spark a clamor for his reluctant return to politics.

A powerful feature of the Egyptian revolution was the equality between the very different actors who initiated it.

4 days after 4 yr anniversary of the start of the Arab Spring, Tunisia votes Sunday. A bright spot of democratic growth in a field of weeds Brian Klaas ( brianklaas) December 19, 2014

Some evidence suggests that the prevalence of uncertainty may boost competition, thereby sparking innovation.

The MDG summit is missing an opportunity to begin this much needed revolution in our understanding of economic development as well.

Rising energy and commodity prices helped create the global food crisis, which fed the financial crisis.

The fuses were the new information technologies of the Internet and satellite television, such as Al Jazeera.

The trigger for the current controversy came during a scene in a musical by the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture and Youth, performed for young students at the National Theater.

A hot, dry summer (in some places) has triggered another barrage of such claims.

They provided an early spark, but it looks like the spark did not catch.

FEZ Just over a year ago, the Arab Spring sparked dramatic change throughout the Arab world.

Yet , my Lord may haply give me a garden better than yours , and He may send a thunder bolt , from the skies and in the morning it will be a barren plain

So it is likely that my Lord will give me a garden better than yours , and send bolts of lightning from the skies on your garden it therefore turns into a barren plain .

yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden , and loose on it a thunderbolt out of heaven , so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust ,

Then belike my Lord will vouchsafe unto me something better than thy garden and send thereon a belt from the heaven that it become a plane slippery .

It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden , and will send on it Husban ( torment , bolt , etc . ) from the sky , then it will be a slippery earth .

Perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden , and release upon it thunderbolts from the sky , so it becomes barren waste .

it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your vineyard , and send a calamity upon your vineyard from the heavens and it will be reduced to a barren waste ,

Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden , and will send on it a bolt from heaven , and some morning it will be a smooth hillside ,

maybe my Lord will give me something better than your garden , and He will unleash upon it bolts from the sky , so that it becomes a bare plain .

maybe my Lord will give me a garden better than yours , and send down a thunderbolt from heaven , so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust ,

It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky , and it will become a smooth , dusty ground ,

perhaps my Lord will give me a garden better than yours and strike your garden with a thunderbolt from the sky to turn it into a barren ground ,

Then maybe my Lord will give me what is better than your garden , and send on it a thunderbolt from heaven so that it shall become even ground without plant ,

my Lord may well give me a garden better than yours and send down thunderbolts from heaven upon your vineyard , turning it into a barren waste

It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy garden , and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts ( by way of reckoning ) from heaven , making it ( but ) slippery sand !

That is why climate advocates are increasingly looking for other means of triggering action. Finance is at the top of their list.

As many might remember, it was in Tunisia, as a result of the demonstrations in Sidi Bouzid, where the revolutions and uprisings, collectively known as Arab Spring, came into being.

The massive wall of liquidity that has resulted has triggered inflation, sent real estate prices soaring, and fueled a sharp rise in debt.

Supporters of both teams who minutes before were peacefully watching the game began to fight with sticks and blades.

The Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the subsequent USA attempt to thwart it through the Bay of Pigs Invasion can be seen as the start of this period.

All democratic revolutions begin with human rights. The MDG summit is missing an opportunity to begin this much needed revolution in our understanding of economic development as well.

As long as protests remain local, however, they can be managed as isolated cases that won t pose a broader challenge or spark a movement toward systemic change.

Could something similar happen digitally, with a spark of misinformation igniting a conflagration and wreaking havoc before the truth is revealed?

Field Marshal (and SCAF leader) Hussein Tantawy retained his post as Defense Minister, and General Ahmed Gamal al Din was appointed to head the interior ministry, whose brutal behavior sparked the revolution.

This debut Sub Saharan issue, which was four times oversubscribed, sparked a sovereign borrowing spree in the region.

By focusing on job creation, wage increases, and the social safety net, the 12th Five Year Plan could spark a major increase in discretionary consumer purchasing power.

Protests against the Ali Abdulla Saleh regime in Yemen started three months ago, and continue to rage as protesters call for an end to his 32 year rule.