1.   The issue has already stirred strong passions in Wiltshire where County Councillors will be voting on a measure to ban foxhunting on all land under its control.

2.   Among the mansard roofs and quaint cobblestoned streets, the Maple Leaf stirs intense passions, even when the red and white flag does not wave.

3.   And few things stirred more passion than debates touching on the Bible.

4.   And in a place that stirs passion, he was an evocative ambassador.

5.   And the Croatian press, especially the state-run television and radio, daily includes items that seem calculated to stir ethnic passions.

6.   Anti-immigrant fever has stirred such passions that even liberal California Democrats have tried to outdo each other with border-control proposals.

7.   A lawyer for the Republican Party helped stir ethnic passions by contending that the recount was biased against Hispanic voters.

8.   But the Michigan case has stirred passions that quickly moved beyond the Macomb County Circuit Court.

9.   But the rape stirred passions like few other crimes, in part because of the age of the victim.

10.   By scheduling an event at the site, Vatican planners created another opportunity for Assad to use the visit to stir passions against Israel.