"Even a small increase in the price of food, which is so important to them... can spark a problem.
Dr. Clark, the epidemiologist in Boston, said the pharmaceutical buildup might have sparked a "supply-side" problem at college campuses.
Last July, a fire sparked by a problem in the new electrical system destroyed Ms. Steinke's living-room ceiling, leaving shards of debris dangling and feathers from burst pillows floating in the air.
Police cells are full of petty criminals and drug addicts, but the general conceded that arresting the real troublemakers "could spark a bigger problem".
The problem sparked a recall earlier this year of 34 million vehicles, making it the largest recall of automobiles in history and among the biggest of any U.S. consumer product.
The release of workforce diversity data from a number of tech companies in 2014 helped to quantify the industry's problem and sparked a broader conversation about solving it.
Similarly, the Ted Stevens case, fought aggressively by some of the best criminal attorneys in the world, uncovered serious problems that sparked a large-scale review of prosecutorial practices throughout the country.
The recent problems have even sparked a debate here in Washington State that for much of the last decade would have been unthinkable: whether to finish a nuclear power plant, which was abandoned three-quarters finished in 1994, at the giant Hanford reservation.
Invention of DUDE sparked a great interest in two-sided approaches to information-theoretic problems.
Problems with player compliance, training anxiety and injury rates sparked a decision to seek an alternative training approach.
