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As Winston Churchill declared in his famous 1946 speech in Zurich, “We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.”
Meanwhile, new pro-European centrist movements have already sprung up across Europe, from Nowoczesna (Modern) in Poland to Ciudadanos (Citizens) in Spain.
Popular forums and private discussion clubs sprung up across Syria, allowing relatively open debate.
Beyond the opposition, numerous non-political public initiatives have sprung up in the last several years to protest specific government policies – leading inevitably to confrontation with the existing political order.
But in fact, the discussion was largely meaningless, because the policies that theoretically would have sprung from the electorate favoring one world-view or the other were either unviable or already in place.
At this point, the main point to remember is that all of France’s last seven presidential elections have sprung a surprise.
Argan oil cooperatives, for example, have sprung up in some areas to allow local producers to participate more directly in high_value markets.
Silk Road was shut down in 2013, but more such marketplaces have sprung up.
And entire new fields such as “computational physics” and “computational biology” have sprung up ex nihilo.
'There's another, near the branch,' she said, pointing to a small mushroom cut across its firm pinkish crown by a dry blade of grass from beneath which it had sprung up.
A covert hostility had sprung up between the two brothers-in-law of late, as if being married to two sisters had evoked a sense of rivalry as to which of them would make the best of his life, and now this hostility found expression in the personal tone the discussion was assuming.
This tone had sprung up between them because he was very attractive to her.
Wallflowers had sprung up between the bricks, and with the tip of her open sunshade Madame Bovary, as she passed, made some of their faded flowers crumble into a yellow dust, or a spray of overhanging honeysuckle and clematis caught in its fringe and dangled for a moment over the silk.
A few daisies had sprung up again.
A stiffish breeze had sprung up - in our favour, for a wonder; for, as a rule on the river, the wind is always dead against you whatever way you go.
She had been standing there waiting and sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At last!".
The old family servant who, born and reared in the dwelling of his master, identified himself with the welfare of those whom it was his lot to serve, is giving place in every direction to that vagrant class which has sprung up within the last thirty years, and whose members roam through the country unfettered by principles, and uninfluenced by attachments.
Had an adder stung her, she could not have sprung with greater celerity than she recoiled from the object against which she was leaning, and which she for the first time noticed.
He sprung his secret about Huck's share in the adventure in the finest dramatic manner he was master of, but the surprise it occasioned was largely counterfeit and not as clamorous and effusive as it might have been under happier circumstances.
We had sprung to our feet at the outburst, and Edie put her hand all in a tremble upon my arm.
We remained there about thirteen days, got some refreshment on shore, and put to sea again, though we met with very bad weather again, in which the ship sprung her mainmast, as they called it, for I knew not what they meant.
We had a fair easterly wind sprung up the third day after we came to the Downs, and we sailed from thence the 10th of April.
This same mode of proceeding I shall have to adopt with thee, for the desire which has sprung up in thee is so absurd and remote from everything that has a semblance of reason, that I feel it would be a waste of time to employ it in reasoning with thy simplicity, for at present I will call it by no other name; and I am even tempted to leave thee in thy folly as a punishment for thy pernicious desire; but the friendship I bear thee, which will not allow me to desert thee in such manifest danger of destruction, keeps me from dealing so harshly by thee.
The manoeuvres of half a dozen regiments were to be inspected by the eagle eye of the commander-in-chief; temporary fortifications had been erected, the citadel was to be attacked and taken, and a mine was to be sprung.
There was a great fizzing and banging of guns, and starting of ladies--and then a Mine was sprung, to the gratification of everybody--and when the mine had gone off, the military and the company followed its example, and went off too.
One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it.
Well, Sir, I met her at a chapel that I go to; a very neat little chapel in this town, Mr. Weller, where they sing the number four collection of hymns, which I generally carry about with me, in a little book, which you may perhaps have seen in my hand--and I got a little intimate with her, Mr. Weller, and from that, an acquaintance sprung up between us, and I may venture to say, Mr. Weller, that I am to be the chandler.'
We have been walking on mines for the last six months, and they're sprung at last.''What do you mean?' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, turning pale; 'no other secret marriage, I hope?''No, no,' replied old Wardle; 'not so bad as that; no.''What then?' inquired Mr. Pickwick; 'am I interested in it?'
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar.
At the sight of these newcomers our client had sprung from his seat and stood very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand thrust into the breast of his frock-coat, a picture of offended dignity.
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