11.   But one of the most popular activities in schools -- sports -- has struck a nerve.

12.   But Libby has struck a nerve.

13.   But some television executives saw deeper meaning in the notion that some television series, with older actors, had struck a nerve.

14.   But Morales struck a nerve in East Texas, a battleground that has long been the source of Democratic victories statewide.

15.   But the fact that the bumper sticker struck a nerve reiterates a large problem for the new-Seahawk-stadium proponents.

16.   But the idea has struck a nerve with many in this conservative biblical town.

17.   But this is Syria and the cartoon strikes a nerve.

18.   Carol sees that sign on a bulletin board and it strikes a nerve.

19.   Consequently, his first two Myrrh Records releases struck a nerve that crossed nearly every racial, geographical, denominational and stylistic boundary.

20.   Does that strike a nerve?