But in 1960, the Americans were never the less spurred into a great effort to catch up.
(Probably because it becomes more predictable and less spur-of-the-moment).
By establishing these recommendations as standards of care, the societies reduce the risk that doing less may spur malpractice suits, which currently prompt many doctors to overtest and overtreat — so-called defensive medicine.
Now older and with less angst spurring their work, these New York natives reunite for the "Heart of the City" tour, which has them sharing a stage and a 22-piece band.
You cannot read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" or "The Catbird Seat" without wondering why he returned so persistently to the theme of how weak-willed men are steamrollered into acquiescence (or, less often, spurred to revenge) by the incessant nagging of strong-willed women.
Reading Peck's Road Less Traveled spurred my awakening.
If the renminbi were to appreciate, the argument goes, the Chinese would consume more and produce less, thereby spurring global recovery.
The same goes, he said, for the Ginobili-less Spurs, who have home-court advantage against the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.
The star-less Spurs held their own against the best team in basketball, even clinging onto a lead going into the fourth quarter.
However while the new technologies are less likely to spur a shift from using land for food production, there are still questions over their long term sustainability.
But the real foundation of the home video game came from another sort of arcade game whose images spurred less angst and spurted less blood, games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, with their pleasing blurps, amusing images and teasing difficulties.
