After a stormy debate, Parliament approved the plan on Tuesday.

And since language, culture and politics are all interwoven here, a stormy debate was bound to follow.

Passage of the bill, by 293 to 279, in the lower house of Parliament, came after a stormy debate.

Mr. Rubin said the school board had never expected to become "the lightning rod in a stormy national debate over affirmative action."

Little did the board realize that eight years later, its action would become the lightning rod in a stormy national debate over affirmative action.

After a stormy debate, it was agreed to set up a new government, replacing that of the Katipunan.

Unlikely as it may seem, this common, everyday word has become a lightning rod for a stormy debate in the art world.

Right up to Agenda 2000, we used to have the stormiest debates about how much money was to be spent.

The birth of a baby has unleashed a stormy debate in a land proud of its family values.

Suspended budget discussions resumed after the vote, which followed a stormy debate that lasted late into Monday night and ended this afternoon.