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Coughlin hopes Bradshaw can provide a needed spark against a Baltimore team that has a 9-0 record at home against N.F.C. teams in John Harbaugh's five seasons as coach.

Inside, it was like another world, like a history lesson, with jars of pickled eggs and Polish sausage lined up behind the bar, a display of campaign buttons from the forties and fifties — "I Like Ike" — and a fireplace, a real fireplace, split oak sending up fantails of sparks against a backdrop of blackened brick.

Moyes will have the pleasant task of fitting 25-year-old Mata into what looks like an overcrowded area but watching United struggling in vain for a spark against Sunderland was an illustration of why the purchase makes sense.

But he showed spark against the Netherlands in a friendly in March and was active on both sides of the ball against the Czech Republic.

The Mets could do little to create a spark against Finley.

Smart move: the album has a rough spark, against which Ms. Vincent's composure shines all the more vividly.

However, her call sparked warnings against a rerun of the "divisive, destructive and distracting" EU vote.

Dakota Fanning / Kid star 96 $4. Hollywood's highest-paid tyke sparks outcry against a rape scene in indie pic "Hounddog".

Mr. Oldman gives the movie, which at its most serious veers into lugubriousness, a nice jolt and a flinty presence that Mr. Washington can spark against.

#Italy #crisis October 2, 2013 Lisa Jucca (@ReutersLJucca) A reminder that former centre-right ally Fini also tried to spark a rebellion against #Berlusconi a few years back to topple him.

But with the GOP controlling both houses of Congress, a government shutdown could also spark a backlash against the party, as has been the case in previous budget standoffs.