And observer Mark Galeotti has recently pointed out that while it is unlikely that the government will use brute force against peaceful protesters, an accident of some kind could result in a tragedy that could ignite a revolt.
The transition went almost unnoticed in Germany or elsewhere, which is remarkable, given that in the United States, the same process has been bogged down by politics, vested interests and a stubborn fear that scrapping analog television will ignite a revolt among viewers.
At this point, his speakership may be threatened if he caves to Democrats and ignites a revolt within his own ranks.
The president's proposed speech, to be delivered next week in a Virginia school and then broadcast on the White House website, is, according to the New York Times, making conservative parents apoplectic and "igniting a revolt".
At the rally, Patrick called for his resignation, suggesting that this sort of policy would represent "the end of public education" and ignite a mass revolt by parents.
In the late 1980's, political conversations and fights at tea shops helped ignite an antigovernment revolt, which culminated in the party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi sweeping the national election in 1990, the first free vote in three decades.
He was made to shoot an apple off his son's head with his crossbow; in revenge, he killed the tyrannical overlord and ignited a successful revolt against the Habsburgs.
Plummeting stock prices and mismanagement ignited a shareholder revolt at Dr. Motlana's company, which in 1994 had become the first black company to be listed on the exchange.
This did not ignite a popular uprising.
It became and remains the biggest dissident Facebook page in Egypt, even as protests continue to sweep the country, with more than 473,000 users, and it has helped spread the word about the demonstrations in Egypt, which were ignited after a revolt in neighboring Tunisia toppled the government there.
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.
