Roberts pointed to the Cash For Clunkers program, which he said had a solid spurt before it finally began to fade out.

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The Mint is now issuing 2012 coins, and whenever a new issue comes out, there tends to be a spurt in sales, he said.

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And, as it turns out, the quarter was exceptionally strong as a spurt in online retail and advertising spending during a solid holiday season saw its commerce vertical increase 20% compared to last year and 25% sequentially.

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Cincinnati climbed out of a huge deficit and opened the second half with a 9-2 spurt to take a 33-31 lead, its first since the first few minutes.

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In December 2010, AnaTango sought out clients and in the last six months of 2011, AnaTango enjoyed a significant growth spurt ending the year with 20 clients.

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