The First Minister said he did not want to inflame the dispute.
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Race relations have a greater capacity to inflame than any other social issue, reckons Derrick Campbell of Race Equality Sandwell, a local group.
But the government also has been trying not to inflame more religious Bangladeshis, who make up a sizable portion of the country's 160 million population.
But the government also has been keen not to inflame more religious Bangladeshis, who make up a sizeable portion of the country's 160 million population.
But the government also has been keen not to inflame more religiously-minded Bangladeshis, who make up a sizeable portion of the country's 160 million population.
Rome's decision that the marines shouldn't return is likely to inflame many in India, where there is strong domestic pressure that they should be tried there.
But Cyprus is also the EU's most intractable puzzle, a rich country fringed by a separatist northern backwater with the potential to inflame the eastern Mediterranean.
In Pakistan, the Supreme Court's arrest order for Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday was likely to inflame antagonism between the government and the court.
As for Mr Obama, nothing could be surer to inflame Arizona (while securing his own Hispanic base) than to bring a federal lawsuit against the state.
It is still possible that the conference and the National Assembly that emerges from it may do as much to inflame as to defuse Iraq's communal tensions.
The meagre payouts to exchequers in Britain and across Europe are likely to inflame public anger over the aggressive tax avoidance tactics used by American tech firms.
But a tough call--such as the one that cost Japan a game against the U.S. in the baseball Classic just as we went to press--will tend to inflame passions anew.
U.S. investigators have found that the Internal Revenue Service scrutinized conservative groups for raising political concerns over government spending, debt and taxes, new details likely to inflame a widening controversy.
By not vocally supporting him but simply saying we support the people of Egypt, is that sending a message to the people who are out there protesting against him that they should just go full-bore and is that going to inflame the situation?
Dr. Theodore Postol -- the MIT PhD who has become the scientific poster-child for the stop-missile-defense crowd -- has recently added a new item to his litany of debatable technical critiques of the Clinton and Bush programs: scare-mongering transparently intended to inflame allied opposition.
In arguing for the admissibility of the tapes, attorney Gerald Uelmen said the defense was not trying to inflame the passions of the jury but simply trying to challenge Fuhrman's credibility and to help the jury assess the weight they should give to his testimony.
He denied suggesting that he and the web designer fight it out round the corner, saying he was trying not to "inflame" the situation.
George Galloway, who was expelled from Blair's Labour Party for his views on the war, warned that Saddam's capture might "inflame" opposition to the U.S. in Iraq.
"So there may be situations in which the taking of photographs may cause or lead to public order situations, inflame an already tense situation, or raise security considerations, " it said.
King said he was reluctant to give that description, which can inflame racial sensitivities.
To frame the debate as one of rich-and-entitled versus poor-and-dispossessed is to both miss the point and further inflame an already incendiary environment.
The Obama Administration seems to have resisted panicky calls on Capitol Hill to stop the Predator strikes lest they inflame public opinion in Pakistan.
This was probably because, just moments before, he had been telling Iain Duncan Smith that he was not about to do anything that would exacerbate or inflame (his word) the dispute.
For them to publish or produce stories that lack context or intentionally inflame conflict is irresponsible.
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Trimming debt only for homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments could lead other homeowners to default in hopes of getting a break and could inflame those who believe it is unfair.
Although that is possible, it cannot be used to advance bills that do not reduce the deficit, and would further inflame partisan tensions.
Matters can only be made worse if the raid on Chalabis organization actually was designed to prevent the release of damning documents from Saddams era said to be in the Iraqi National Congress possession, documents that could further inflame the burgeoning UN Oil-for-Food scandal and raise more questions about UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimis role in anointing a new, interim government.
America could press Arab leaders and banks not to provide or transfer money, and some might agree, but that would further inflame an already angry Arab street.
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