On Tuesday, the last day of the campaign on radio and television, the debate flared into angry exchanges.

With many labor contracts in important industries expiring early next year, the debate has flared anew.

A New York public school spokeswoman said the debate over the issue had not flared there.

But as the national debate flared, so did Mr. Nicolosi's frustration at what he saw in his neighborhood.

For decades, debates have flared as inventors of new products sought access to allocated frequencies.

During the cold war, a similar conceptual debate occasionally flared.

In the United States political debate on immigration has flared repeatedly since the US became independent.

A bitter debate has flared over whether the nation's telephone system is being modernized quickly enough.

That debate has flared recently, since Girardi began receiving the bulk of the playing time in the post-season.

On June 11, the debate flared and soared.