"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 government inaction is all the more notable because the family-planning bureaucracy is a lightning rod for public resentment.
" "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.
The company, in its defence, says it has become a lightning rod for political opposition to President Bush's Iraq policy.
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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That fatality has since become a lightning rod for human rights activists.
But her selection is also controversial, because her appointment would naturally include her legendary lightning rod of a husband, former President Bill Clinton.
But with the prime minister now a possible lightning rod for dissatisfaction over the tainted products, Mr Ma may have to think again.
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.
The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay became a lightning rod for critics who charged that the Bush administration had used torture on terror detainees.
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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China's bilateral trade surplus with America has long been a lightning rod in Congress, and with unemployment up the protectionist pressure is sure to rise.
"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.
The proposed transfers have become a political lightning rod in Congress, with some Republicans accusing President Barack Obama of trying to cut a deal with terrorists.
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.
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