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Then we could reach flash-point and get the conflagration over with.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010
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Then we could reach flash-point and get the conflagration overwith.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010
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"I Want Your Sex" -- Nowadays, this tune seems rather harmless, but at the time of AIDS it was genuinely a flash-point for controversy.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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"I Want Your Sex" -- Nowadays, this tune seems rather harmless, but at the time of AIDS it was genuinely a flash-point for controversy.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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When a specific incident occurs, community anger extends to the overall situation, of which this flash-point is just an egregious example.
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But after capturing an unexpected 19% of voters and forcing a second voting round, the soft-spoken disciple of slain Amazon activist Chico Mendes is being aggressively courted by both sides in a contest rapidly shifting away from economics to flash-point issues such as environmentalism, political corruption, religion and abortion.
Green Candidate Colors Brazil Runoff Vote John Lyons 2010
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So, the town of Zabadani, so insignificant in the past, is suddenly becoming the flash-point of the Sunni uprising.
Dr. Josef Olmert: How Assad Is Losing Dr. Josef Olmert 2012
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Aside from Bosnia, the situation between Kosovo and Serbia remains a possible flash-point for the region.
Unfinished Work in the Balkans Jeanne Shaheen 2010
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Aside from Bosnia, the situation between Kosovo and Serbia remains a possible flash-point for the region.
Unfinished Work in the Balkans Jeanne Shaheen 2010
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Aside from Bosnia, the situation between Kosovo and Serbia remains a possible flash-point for the region.
Unfinished Work in the Balkans Jeanne Shaheen 2010
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