The one requirement: "You can't be pretty fast, you got to be fast," Sparks said.
For starters, rose balsams are incredibly fast germinators, sparking into life in trays on a warm windowsill within just a few days, giving future plant geeks a speedy reward for their first sowing efforts.
Throughout modern history, autocracy has proved effective in sparking fast growth, but a pervasive democratic deficit, poor governance and lack of personal freedom seem likely to constrain long-term progress.
The trend toward faster sleds, sparked in part by the popularity of snowboarding, comes at a time when health and safety experts have been warning that sledding presents risks of severe injury, including paralysis and death.
No president since World War II has won a second term with a jobless rate above 7.2percentt, and Obama's options for sparking faster economic growth before the November 2012 election appear limited.
Some of Europe's unemployment is cyclical, meaning that it could be cut by faster economic growth without sparking inflation.
Monday, when severe wind gusts downed trees and power lines, sparking a fast-growing blaze.
Mr. Obama's references to Stonewall, gay marriage and pay equality sparked fast and loud bursts of applause, but when his words turned to Newtown, Conn., there was only quiet, enough to hear a slight wind rustle through the trees.
One fast way to spark a teenager's interest in poetry, Daniel Thomas Moran knows, is to stride matter-of-factly into the dangerous territory of topics like these, subjects that teachers and parents piously avoid.
England's inspirational fast bowler Jimmy Anderson sparked an angry on-field dispute between the rival captains Andrew Strauss and Ricky Ponting after one of his finest displays overseas spearheaded a brilliant start to the second Test for the tourists.
