31.   The sardonic, testosterone-fueled science fiction of this grunge parable means to hit raw nerves.

32.   The skate hit a nerve and his leg temporarily went numb.

33.   The stores also hit a nerve with baby boomers obsessed with self-improvement.

34.   The story that the CIA deliberately started the crack epidemic also hit a nerve, especially among blacks.

35.   The topic hit a nerve.

36.   There is no doubt that it is the age, more than the nationality, that is hitting a nerve.

37.   There was Jeff Kent, snipping off questions when apparently a nerve was hit.

38.   They hit a nerve.

39.   This take on style must have hit a nerve somewhere.

40.   What she found was that everywhere she went around the world, the topic hit a nerve.