Then, sending the Vespa girls to his apartment to speak to his wife and relations, he set off on his mission alone.
An editor for the London Times online accused Trittin of "intellectual looting," while the Web version of Der Spiegel announced "another low point for transatlantic relations — and set off by a German minister.
A loving and inclusive greeting can do a lot to set off relations in the right direction for the rest of the day, especially for relatives you haven't seen for a while.
Brushing aside centuries of tense relations with Turkey, Mr. Boutaris set off to Istanbul to initiate a campaign to attract tourists.
The proposed change has pitted many professors against several student organizations that have endorsed the plan, and set off a rare systemwide public relations war.
The exposure of the spy network set off a scandal that threatened to upset recently mended relations between the United States and Russia.
The killing set off arson attacks against mosques and Muslim schools and strained relations with the country's immigrant Muslims.
But beyond the tit-for-tat measures set off by the United Nations vote, analysts pointed to a trend of deteriorating relations between Israel and Europe in particular.
Rwanda broke off diplomatic relations in 2006, after a French judge implicated aides to Mr. Kagame in the event that set off the genocide: the shooting down of a plane carrying the Rwandan president at the time.
Terrorism set off the legal debate that brought cultural property to the fore of tense international relations.
