Its busy habits, plus an evocative rendering of it released by the scientific team, prompted some news reports to label it "hyperactive" and "wide-eyed".
Accidents destroyed or damaged two catamarans and killed Andrew Simpson, a British Olympic gold medallist with Sweden's Artemis Racing team, prompting changes to the rules.
In another study, the team prompted male students who were in committed dating relationships to imagine running into an attractive woman on a weekend when their girlfriends were away.
The totality of the collapse has underscored Manning's value to the team, prompting some to suggest he should win his fifth M.V.P. award even if he doesn't play a down in 2011.
Going into the tournament, Canada Coach Dave Cameron said he had a "lunch bucket," "blue-collar" team, prompting expressions of disbelief from those who pointed out that he had 15 first-round N.H.L. draft picks on the roster.
The use of an apparently minor violation of trademark protocol to launch an attack on Aristegui's team prompted a protest outside the station's offices denouncing censorship on Thursday night.
President Obama famously stacked his first term Cabinet with a science "dream team", prompting the head of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to comment, "We have never had quite this array of scientists in federal government leadership positions".
The JFA's treatment of its female team prompted outrage, in less than 24 hours more than 17,000 signed an online petition on the campaign website Change.org to push the JFA to change their minds.
In the autumn of 1945, a British tour by the Moscow Dynamos soccer team prompted George Orwell to remark that so far from furthering the brotherhood of man, "sport is an unfailing cause of ill will".
