With the exception of a small spike in May, Polaroid's shares have declined steadily this year.
Nevertheless, even if the law does lead to a small spike in sales, it still sends out the right message.
Off the Rails wonders, however, whether the talent agency's site may soon be seeing a small spike in its audience.
The Port Authority police superintendent, Fred V. Morrone, acknowledged what he said was "a small spike" in grand larcenies and car thefts in the last year.
It is still an improvement on the 1980s, when 36 per cent of people classed themselves as racist, and there was another small spike in 2011.
The pint-size mammal lives mostly in mountainous areas in the western United States and Canada, and even a small spike in its body temperature is fatal.
John Lewis had seen a small spike in sales in the previous week, apparently as customers braved the autumn chill out to buy warmer clothes and hot water bottles.
Tobias Forster expects to see a small spike in the embroidery business on the tails of the Prada phenomenon, but once the copiers have copied it, he says, fashion will inevitably move on to the next big thing.
Volkswagen has seen its share drop 39 per cent in value since the beginning of the week, but Winterkorn's resignation caused a small spike - shares in the company were 8 per cent higher after his resignation than before.
Though the prospect of rising fares does not thrill the airlines, they will be better served by a small spike in ticket prices than the downing of a commercial airliner, an event likely to throw the industry into a new tailspin.
Also, there is an additional small spike that can be clearly observed at the high-energy tail of the spectra.
