1.   Any compromise involving Kashmir looms like a lit fuse, especially to unstable governments.

2.   The authorities noticed that a lit fuse had burned out without setting off an explosion.

3.   A powerful fertilizer bomb was found outside an Internal Revenue Service office in Reno, Nev., but fizzled before its lit fuse could do much damage.

4.   Another man was beaten with a bat and pieces of cable by Delic and Landzo before being tortured with pliers, lit fuses and nails, the indictment claims.

5.   Despite these efforts ... it is difficult for Musharraf to extinguish the lit fuse of fundamentalism ....

6.   That substance, which can be detonated with a lit fuse, is typically made at home using common materials.

7.   They are also accused of beating an inmate with a baseball bat and lengths of steel cable, then torturing him with pliers, lit fuses and nails.