"Bilingual education connects to a lot of lightning rod issues in the national discourse, " Linquanti said.
But none of this means that the court will cease to be a lightning rod.
Last year, the Patz case became a lightning rod in the divisive race for district attorney.
Woods remains a lightning rod for controversy, much like our second highest-ranked athlete, LeBron James.
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The bigger problem is usually Congress, which acts as a lightning rod for American popular opinion.
In November 2012, the lightning rod on Highton's house took a direct hit.
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Since then, the company has become a lightning rod for anger over Wall Street's profligacy and seeming arrogance.
" "The role of a spokesman is, you can become a lightning rod.
Not only has Guantanamo Bay become a lightning rod for America's critics -- it's no prize for America's taxpayers, either.
He's a lightning rod for fans, who seem to either love or hate his unconventional playing style and athletic gifts.
Let Starbucks, for example, be a lightning rod for any kind of guilt I might (or might not) feel.
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But a rollback as massive as the league is proposing is probably enough to qualify as a true lightning rod issue.
The case also had the potential to turn the Court into a lightning rod of controversy and damage its reputation.
Inside America and out, he was a lightning rod but also the acknowledged fix-it man at a time of enormous creative destruction.
And this was sort of a lightning rod for all of that.
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In the past year AHRQ became a lightning rod when one of its task forces on prevention recommended that women get fewer mammograms.
Now a case involving El Salvador and Canadian mining company Pacific Rim is becoming something of a lightning rod for this issue.
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Even more than most, Mr Brown needs to keep his chancellor as a lightning rod for bolts of criticism that might otherwise strike him.
Fees paid to placement agents have become a lightning rod recently, following the indictment of two such middlemen by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
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"Barbie has and always will be a lightning rod for cultural conversation, " said Stephanie Cota, 42, Senior Vice President of Girls Global Brand Marketing at Mattel.
Danica Patrick was a lightning rod for attention while she was racing in the IndyCar series, where she was the most popular driver the past six years.
For the Mahathir-Soros debate has become a lightning rod for the pros and cons of openness to the world and the constraints it imposes on individual nations.
Mrs Palin, 45, shot to fame as John McCain's Republican running mate in the election of November 2008, becoming a lightning rod for praise and criticism alike.
Mr Blair was almost recklessly loyal in some cases, reinstating both David Blunkett and Peter Mandelson (his own lightning rod) to cabinet roles after their falls from grace.
But Mr Valder promises to be a lightning rod for other dissident Liberals, in a campaign where the coalition will be running neck-and-neck with the opposition Labor Party.
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"He's not the lightning rod they're looking for, " Harris said.
Instead, it held out a lightning rod: Ask's initiative has sparked a feud between privacy advocacy groups and spotlighted the simmering controversy over how search engines handle private information.
She has been described as "a lightning rod for change", testimony to the fact that she has not been afraid to put a few noses out of joint in the society.
As the head of the company, Hayward became a lightning rod for public and political anger after the drill rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
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