In these conditions, faulty connections between brain and muscle cause parts of the body to spasm.
What officials fear most is another market spasm, forcing them to raise interest rates again.
So is the Ocalan affair the only reason for the latest spasm of arrests?
Left-hander Andy Pettitte (back spasm) is due to come off the DL and start Monday against Cleveland.
The home side lost Stephen Jones before kick-off with a back spasm and they ended the campaign with zero points.
James Hook suffered an acute back spasm so Tommy Bowe moved to centre and Jonny Vaughton started on the wing.
Russell Mittermeier (RM): Yes, there is no question that the Extinction Spasm that we are entering is bad news for us all.
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The rare movement disorder, which causes muscles to spasm and the body to twist into often painful postures, left Sean virtually immobile.
Indeed, its supporters are anxious not to raise the subject too publicly, for fear of provoking an irrational spasm from the right.
Gloucestershire had it to do without Alex Gidman, after suffering the shock of losing their skipper in the warm-up with a back spasm.
But this brought Amla to the crease alongside Petersen, who came into the side after Mark Boucher fell victim to a back spasm.
Pettitte said Thursday that the injury essentially was a back spasm.
Wilkinson hobbled out of Toulon's Amlin Challenge Cup final defeat by Cardiff Blues with a suspected back spasm amid fears he may have broken a rib.
But the war seems more distant, the bombing and shelling an occasional interruption rather than a constant thump, gripping the stomach in a permanent spasm of fear.
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Rio Ferdinand withdrew from the game just before kick-off with a minor back spasm, and the Chiefs began positively, with David Mathebula and Tshabalala both testing Tomasz Kuszczak early on.
And in a bizarre way, Microsofts spasm of innovation has made the company now a destabilizing factor for IT departments and Google Docs is looking an awful lot like the old guard.
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People with asthma, emphysema or COPD are especially at risk for complications (even death) from the cinnamon challenge because their lungs are already compromised and at risk for more severe spasm in their lower airways.
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In a spasm of temper Yvonne swung around and opened her hand, flinging away into the river something tiny that gave out one glint of light before it was swallowed without a splash, the water healing instantly behind it.
The latest spasm of violence came one day after Prime Minister Maliki warned his coalition partners that any moves to bring down the government would unravel the political system and lead to a situation where the majority Shiites decide the shape of the government on their own.
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