Then a coal slipped, the fire crackled and sent up a spurt of flame, and he woke with a start.
Nitrogen and other nutrients in the fresh water feed a growth spurt of algae and microorganisms at the top.
The spurt in iPhone sales mirrored the demand for gold and high-value luxury items that shot up in the first few days following the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on the evening of November 8.
The company said that there has been strong demand for lipsticks and foundation, with a particular growth spurt in Britain.
London's greatest modern creative spurt may well have been during roughly the same period, namely from the Swinging Sixties to the mid-1980s, when it was a city in transition, pockmarked with bomb sites and with social housing going up in once-affluent and central areas.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match, And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears, Than the two hearts beating each to each!
The decline in affective empathy among young teenage boys may spring at least partly from a spurt during puberty in testosterone, sparking a desire for dominance and power, says the study in Developmental Psychology.
The brain caps off its last major growth spurt.
