For me, education reform is the Israel-Palestine of urban policy an intractable hornets nest.

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You saw a hornets nest, and stuck your penises in it.

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Whatever the case, in eliminating wrestling, the International Olympic Committee has steered up a hornets nest of supporters who are seemingly ready to do anything in their power to make sure that their beloved sport continues its long and storied tradition in the Olympic games.

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All these things explain why New York politicos have treated education as a hornets' nest.

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And the hornets' nest of trouble stirred up by opponents of reform will not soon be forgotten.

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Mr Bernotat knows that he is stepping into a political hornets' nest, involving bitter political and regional rivalries within Spain.

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Stirring up a hornets' nest would hardly be in character.

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But the ban has stirred up a hornets' nest.

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