21.   The issue has touched off some harsh exchanges here between North and South.

22.   The issue has touched several sensitive business and political nerves in Canada, including fears of growing U.S. dominance over Canadian enterprise.

23.   The issue also touched off disagreement in the Vienna government, and the reaction from students, teachers and, above all, police was uniformly negative.

24.   The same-sex marriage controversy did bring more people out of the closet, Pizer said, because the issue touched them on a visceral level.

25.   The issue has touched on the White House race, though Republican challenger Bob Dole has given his support but not pressed it.