1.   Issues such as abortion arouse strong emotions.

2.   The issue arouses strong passions.

3.   The issue aroused great public controversy, as did the financial and material contributions made by the German government to the allied coalition for prosecution of the Gulf war.

4.   Both issues aroused fear among institutional investors that Germany might be veering toward increased government intervention in the economy.

5.   But the Brcko issue has aroused such passion among Bosnian Serbs that Dodik has announced his own resignation from the caretaker post to protest the decision.

6.   The Brcko issue has aroused such passion among Bosnian Serbs that Dodik announced his own resignation from the caretaker post to protest the decision.