1.   Alexander angrily withdrew the amendment, but the move touched a nerve with conservative Republicans who joined him in opposing the entire education bill.

2.   But the move immediately touched off a fiery round in the battle that erupted shortly after Elian was plucked from stormy seas off Miami on Thanksgiving Day.

3.   His move touched off an hour of unusually bitter partisan debate and parliamentary inquiries during which Democrats tried to force the House to adjourn.

4.   The move touched off a furor.

5.   The move has touched off a storm of protest from legal experts and pro-democracy politicians here.

6.   The moves touched off an uproar in the archdiocese.

7.   That move touched off public anger and complaints that recovery from the worst crisis since the Depression was being conducted at the expense of struggling Mexicans.

8.   The move touched off an explosion of denunciation from southern delegates on the conference floor.

9.   The move touched off a three-way power struggle among Bucaram, Alarcon and Arteaga.

10.   The move touched off a furious lobbying effort to save the program led by members of Congress from Oklahoma, where the cannon would be built.