| His command is built on a tightrope of mixed emotions, a powder keg ready to explode at the slightest suggestion of disrespect. |
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| As often as not, it is started by some seemingly innocent remark that sparks an unexpected powder keg lurking in the mind of the listener. |
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| She becomes a powder keg of emotion, especially in situations where tact would seem to be the rule. |
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| What fat-cat politico wouldn't quake in his boots after a sufficient tongue lashing from this powder keg of fairy dust? |
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| Hailing from the Balkans, the so-called powder keg of Europe, Croats are a tall and somewhat western looking people. |
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| For the officers of the tiny garrison stationed at Camp Sheridan, the situation was akin to sitting on a powder keg. |
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| It was a crime that finally ignited a powder keg and caused simmering tensions to erupt into violence. |
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| If London during the President's visit will be a powder keg, surely the Mayor has a responsibility not to play with matches. |
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| And when clubs chuck out at 2am, the mix of liquor, taxi queues and the sheer number of people makes for an interesting powder keg. |
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| This morning a missed prisoner transfer was the spark that set off the powder keg. |
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| As the powder keg of ethnic tensions in the region exploded, the camps were targeted by militias who launched lethal firebomb attacks. |
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| We are sitting on a powder keg and decisions about what is needed must come from the people, who must take ownership of the issue. |
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| And police, trying to defuse a potential powder keg of violence, have appealed for calm all round. |
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| Heavy was the powder keg in the padded backpack he possessed-he'd taken all he could comfortably carry upon his back. |
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| He becomes obsessed with them, and when he develops photos that threaten their happy marriage, he becomes a powder keg waiting to explode. |
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| He repeated the hope last week, for he knows only too well that he is sitting on a powder keg. |
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| This area of ethnic and religious diversity has been a powder keg for years, going back to Suleman the Magnificent. |
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| Nevertheless, in the small town of Gori, religious diversity is slowly becoming a powder keg. |
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| National pride had filled the powder keg, and it was national pride that exploded it. |
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| Against that background, it is no exaggeration to state that the South Caucasus is a powder keg that could explode at any moment. |
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| Stepping forward and receiving the half-empty powder keg from her subordinate, the General suppressed an inward shiver of fear as she recognized the contents. |
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| In order to push them back the French threw, as makeshift grenades, two pistol barrels filled with powder and then an entire powder keg. |
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| In this respect, we in Europe, especially in the larger urban agglomerations, are sitting on a powder keg that cannot be underestimated. |
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| In other words: we are sitting on a powder keg of inequality, injustice and insecurity, and it is about to explode. |
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| The southern Caucasus could become a calvary but it could also remain a powder keg. |
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| Furthermore, Governor Schwarzenegger himself described the California prison system as a powder keg. |
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| It is an area which may yet become a powder keg for security policy in that area, and perhaps also in our own area. |
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| The slightest spark, the smallest provocation can set alight the South Caucasus powder keg. |
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| Over the centuries the Balkan region has been Europe's powder keg and that is the case today too. |
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| Once again the Balkans have become the powder keg of Europe, bringing us a step closer to a new world war. |
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| We are pretending to believe that only that country has weapons of mass destruction, when the entire region is a powder keg. |
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| Today, Congo has become a powder keg of diseases which may explode across the world, and especially across neighbouring countries. |
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| Secondly, you also asked the very good question about what can be done about the Balkan powder keg? |
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| This conflict is extremely damaging to the Mediterranean identity and is a powder keg which threatens the stability of the Mediterranean region. |
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| As things stand, the only prospect is that the powder keg of which Per Gahrton spoke is likely to set off a few more explosions. |
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| So the Western Balkans, once the powder keg of Europe, are today taking their normal place in Europe alongside the EU countries. |
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| Whoever denies this might well be the one to light the fuse to the powder keg. |
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| Now they're bracing for a scorching battle in September over pension reform, a political powder keg because of an electorate angry about shrinking retirement-account balances. |
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| Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference. |
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| Logic is a rare bird in these parts and Crimea is nothing short of a powder keg. |
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| The days following the crime saw this city as a powder keg of possible major civil disorder. |
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| An official quoted the report as saying the current situation in Pakistan is a powder keg that could ignite widespread polio transmission. |
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| Iranian society remains a potential powder keg. |
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| Ladies and gentlemen, we must admit that the Union has to take its fair share of the blame for the powder keg of the Middle East, having buried its head in the sand and pursued an ambiguous policy. |
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| But a powder keg is only dangerous if someone takes it into their head to set light to it and in fact the European governments and, more importantly, the people were with only a few exceptions, peace loving. |
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| It is a powder keg from a security point of view, a baby elephant economically speaking and mainly a source of concern from the point of view of human rights. |
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| If we block this prospect, we shall be storing up a powder keg. |
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| If you put all of that together it creates a real powder keg and the result is, as Ms. Béland was saying, that people are leaving our neighbourhoods. |
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| I set off without any prejudices or preconceived ideas, but the situation I found was worse than I had expected: it is a powder keg ready to explode, and it will have a domino effect throughout the area. |
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| At the moment, because of the political and economic situation, they are living in a powder keg. |
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| Everyone will lose control of the situation once the powder keg explodes. |
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| Syria is a powder keg on Israel's border, while Yemen continues to export terrorism and looks likely to fall under the influence of an Islamist extremist government. |
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