11.   Chelios, who had been cleared of any wrongdoing in Nagano, should have taken steps before the incident grew into an international incident.

12.   Clinton has said that she was reluctant to cause an international incident by denouncing Arafat immediately.

13.   Cutlar shot and killed the pig, the British threatened to haul him off in irons, and an international incident was off and running.

14.   Ever anxious to answer the call of country, and nearly always successful, McEnroe, however, often carried combativeness too far and was a walking international incident.

15.   He humbly accepts blame for the misunderstanding practically becoming an international incident.

16.   He feared losing control and shooting someone, causing an international incident.

17.   He thought something might be happening, perhaps even an international incident.

18.   He said cosmopolitan people in the Foreign Ministry would understand that it was improper to arrest a U.S. citizen, deny consular access and thus create an international incident.

19.   He swapped blows with Bill Laimbeer and elbowed an Angolan player during an Olympic game, almost creating an international incident.

20.   His death is a footnote to an international incident but a main story in more a banal human drama.