But power politics, rather than idealism, was the mainspring of the allies' response in 1948.

ECONOMIST: New history museums

Ponders the way that study, the mainspring of universities, burdens looking, the playground of art.

NEWYORKER: Boola Boola

It is, of course, influenced by politics, but its mainspring is market forces.

FORBES: Billionaires

The technology is complicated (of course)--a tapered cone wrapped in a chain that unwinds onto the mainspring barrel, ensuring that the power delivered by the mainspring remains constant.

FORBES: It's About Time

The Breguet Foundation recently commemorated the 250th anniversary of his birth by awarding a prize to Carole Forestier, a Frenchwoman, who designed a wristwatch with a movement entirely encircled by the mainspring.

ECONOMIST: Craftmade timepieces

Water is the mainspring of civilization.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences

"The concept of being able to access any kind of communication from multiple devices is something fundamental, but so far they've all been kind of clunky -- there hasn't been a carrier-grade solution based on the network itself, " says Charles Gerlach, a director at the consulting firm Mainspring.

CNN: Technology - Phone.com and Software.com plan merger to provide unified messaging

Considering the importance of the ICH as a mainspring of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue as well as a guarantee of sustainable development, the programme provides the opportunity to artists, educators, archaeologists, fashion designers and other professionals, the opportunity to live and study for a week with renowned embroidery lace makers in Lefkara village (Larnaca district).

UNESCO: CYPRUS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO - Studying Lefkara Embroidery Lace Making Apprenticeship Programme