The development of antibacterial-resistant bacteria has sparked renewed interest in phage therapy in Western medicine.

Bede would probably have met the abbot during this visit, and it may be that Adomnan sparked Bede's interest in the Easter dating controversy.

The discovery of neutron stars sparked interest in gravitationally collapsed compact objects as a possible astrophysical reality.

The revival of baroque music in the 1960s and ' 70s sparked renewed interest in 17th and 18th century dance styles.

The captain drank the concoction with such pleasure that it sparked the interest of the soldiers around him.

Cronenberg's fascination with the film Winter Kept Us Warm ( 1966 ) by classmate David Secter sparked his interest in film.

And though his mother was against war, it was her collection of history books that first sparked Eisenhower's early and lasting interest in military history.

The emergence of Recent Latin in the 20th century restored classical orthodoxy among Latinists and sparked a general ( if still academic ) interest in the beauty of Latin poetry.

This sparked interest among other companies in providing services in competition to Eurostar and new services to destinations beyond Paris and Brussels.

The Popish Plot of 1678 sparked renewed interest in the Gunpowder Plot, resulting in a book by Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln, which refuted " a bold and groundless surmise that all this was a contrivance of Secretary Cecil ".

A love of literature later in life may be sparked by an interest in reading children's literature as a child.

George Harrison ( of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown )" in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice.

The rediscovery of Dante's De vulgari eloquentia and a renewed interest in linguistics in the sixteenth century, sparked a debate that raged throughout Italy concerning the criteria that should govern the establishment of a modern Italian literary and spoken language.

The language still has active speakers today, and the Internet has sparked a renewal of interest in the language in recent years.

Rousseau's letter to Hume, in which he articulates the perceived misconduct, sparked an exchange which was published in Paris and received with great interest at the time.

The Spike Lee film Malcolm X impressed him deeply and sparked his interest in Islam.

In 1934, interest was further sparked by what is known as The Surgeon's Photograph.

Modern interest in the monster was sparked by a sighting on 22 July 1933, when George Spicer and his wife saw ' a most extraordinary form of animal ' cross the road in front of their car.

A performance of the Ballet Africaine from Guinea in 1958 sparked Davis's interest in modal music.

It was her grandmother's career as a healer and Beverly's own caring, high intelligence, and sensitivity that largely sparked Beverly's lifelong interest in medicine and healing the sick and wounded.

Lawhead's research for The Pendragon Cycle sparked an interest in Celtic history and culture, especially Celtic Christianity, topics which have featured prominently in his work ever since.

The high cost per launch of the Space Shuttle sparked interest throughout the 1980s in designing a cheaper successor vehicle.

It sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt, for which Tutankhamun's burial mask remains the popular symbol.

This sparked interest, but no steps were taken for implementation.

In 1950 Eric Gairy founded the Grenada United Labour Party, initially as a trades union, which led the 1951 general strike for better working conditions, this sparked great unrest-so many buildings were set ablaze that the disturbances became known as the ' red sky ' days-and the British authorities had to call in military reinforcements to help regain control of the situation.

The global economic crisis led to a drop in tourism which prevented many of the projects going ahead to their planned extent, and allegations of corruption and incompetence were made against the organisers, while tax increases for cultural activity led to public protests and the general economic conditions sparked riots.

A more general interest in musical instruments was sparked by his discovery at the Saint-Ouen flea market of a Boris Vian Trumpet Violin

Competing in a moribund market, The Independent sparked a general freshening of newspaper design as well as a price war.

The conventional view among Filipino historians is that the planned general Katipunan offensive on Manila was aborted in favor of Bonifacio's attack on San Juan del Monte, which sparked a general state of rebellion in the area.

This sparked his interest in The Beatles, and in rock music in general.

The security breach sparked a number of investigations to include members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and US state attorneys general as well as personal lawsuits.

Koryū is also a general term for Japanese schools of martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration ( the period from 1866 to 1869 which sparked major socio-political changes and led to the modernization of Japan ).

This setback for Antigonus sparked a general uprising against Macedonian power.

The controversy is related to the general discussion of central Mexican influence in the Maya area which was sparked by the findings of Teotihuacán-related objects in the early Maya site of Kaminaljuyú in the 1930s.

Ottoman general Omar Pasha decided in March 1852 to disarm the Herzegovinians of their weapons, this sparked an outrage in the region in which local clan chief Luka Vukalović was holding.

In 1950 he founded the Grenada Manual, Maritime & Intellectual Workers ' Union ( GMMIWU ) and was deeply involved in encouraging the 1951 general strike for better working conditions, this sparked great unrest-so many buildings were set ablaze that the disturbances became known as the ' red sky ' days-and the British authorities had to call in military reinforcements to help regain control of the situation.

Outrage within San Francisco's gay community over the resulting seven-year sentence sparked the city's White Night Riots ; general disdain for the outcome of the court case led to the elimination of California's " diminished capacity " law.

Here, her interest in astronomy was sparked by Eddington's lecture on his 1919 eclipse expedition to Africa to photograph the stars near the eclipsed Sun as a test of Einstein's general theory of relativity.

His murder sparked Canada's first general strike.

Beginning in 1791, a massive slave revolt sparked a general insurrection against the plantation system and French colonial power.

The success of both the album and film sparked a revival of international interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music in general.

Albert Cardozo, Benjamin Cardozo's father, was a judge on the Supreme Court of New York ( the state's general trial court ) until he was implicated in a judicial corruption scandal, sparked by the Erie Railway takeover wars, in 1868.

Prior to the 1969 general election in September of that year, Porritt sparked a heated debate with a Labour candidate Eddie Isbey when he argued in a speech to the Southern Cross Medical Care Society that the welfare state was " uneconomic ".

His killing sparked the Vancouver general strike in August 1918.

Although various incidents during the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in California, had sparked controversy and negative feelings towards police officers in general, The Rookies tried to better humanize the character of a police officer and show the struggles new, younger men and women ( who were often Vietnam-era military veterans and / or college graduates ) faced in their lives as law enforcement persons sworn to serve and protect the public.

In the Jiu Valley government ’ s announcement in 1997 of the closures of the Dâlja and Barbateni mines and the generally deteriorating conditions of the miners sparked riots and then led to a general strike.