That ignited a fight and led to Anisimov's apologizing to his teammates.
In a statement read at "Keep 'The Hobbit' in New Zealand" rallies around the country on Monday, Mr. Jackson made much of the Australian hand in igniting a fight that erupted when New Zealand's Actors Equity union demanded that makers of the Hobbit films bargain collectively with actors.
A1 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 New York Republicans Do Some Soul-Searching Republican members of Congress from New York have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Republican party and questioning Governor Pataki's leadership, igniting a fight over the direction the party should take.
Although the pay-raise limits were described as modest, and would not start until 2015, they are certain to ignite a political fight in Congress, which since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has almost always raised military salaries beyond what the Pentagon has recommended.
Of those proposals, our colleagues Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker write that pay-raise limits, though modest, "are certain to ignite a political fight in Congress, which since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has consistently raised military salaries beyond what the Pentagon has recommended".
But he may ignite a noisy confirmation fight with Senate Democrats that could reopen questions about the performance of the C.I.A. on Mr. Bush's watch.
But Keene believed that "McCain was scared off" in the final days, after warnings from his advisers that choosing Lieberman would ignite a contentious floor fight at the Convention, as social conservatives revolted against Lieberman for being, among other things, pro-choice.
Scalia's unexpected 13 February death ignited a major fight in Washington over whether Obama should be able to choose his replacement in a presidential election year.
Even less frequently, he would call on a cold winter evening with a set of stock apologies, possibly ignited by a fight he was having with someone else.
