Sentence examples for on a flashpoint from inspiring English sources

The Northern Ireland Secretary of State has said she has currently no power to intervene over the Parades Commission's decision on a flashpoint Orange Order parade in north Belfast.

Although it's not unprecedented for government scientists to be on opposite ends of a scientific debate, two contradictory press releases on a flashpoint issue like CFS would look odd, scientists say.

WASHINGTON, Jan . 13 -Democrats and Republicans say Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but certain, yet the fight over his nomination heated up on Friday as both sides seized on it as a flashpoint for Senate races in the fall and future court selections.

Reyes's pending free agency became a flashpoint on Saturday after Fox's Ken Rosenthal reported that the agent Scott Boras was speaking to Reyes.

Taxing the rich has become a flashpoint on the campaign trail.

Corporate tax avoidance also has become a flashpoint on the presidential campaign trail.

More than two decades ago, the Simpson trial in Los Angeles provided a flashpoint on race, criminal justice, domestic violence and celebrity while offering punch lines galore.

Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque was a flashpoint on the fourth day of revolution, the 28th of January, 2011, the Friday of Rage.

Law enforcement is set to again become a flashpoint on March 9 when the court rules in the case of the remaining 52 accused, who include nine mid-level security officials.

Ryan, now the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, has found his tax proposals and those of his running mate, Mitt Romney, to be a flashpoint on the campaign trail.

But despite the staunch opposition — including from President Barack Obama and Alberta's premier, Rachel Notley — Canada's Conservative government continues to express optimism about the 1,179-mile 1,179-mileropipelineat has been a flashproposal bothatides of thasbeener, and in the lead up to the US presidential race in 2016.