tinderboxes

Yet it is in almost all societies the restless young men who are the tinderboxes of violence.

The Desire for Liberty Is Universal Michael Novak 2011

From the Horn of Africa, the Indian Ocean stretches past the tense arc of Islam — with its tinderboxes of Somalia, Yemen, Iran and Pakistan — past the Indian subcontinent all the way to the Indonesian archipelago.

The Next Battleground Gurcharan Das 2010

Chances are your community has seen everything at least twice from hand tinderboxes to fire specialists!

Laura Day: Thriving in Adversity 2010

As we feel the heat ease off of the national debate let's bring our awareness to the racial tinderboxes of many kinds all over the country.

Anna Deavere Smith: Before We All Have A Beer 2009

The incident underlines both the vulnerability of the world's communications infrastructure and YouTube's role in spreading politically charged content to political tinderboxes such as Pakistan.

Plumbing the Depths 2008

In Nairobi, opposition protests repressed by the police have transformed into tribal clashes, notably in crowded slums, ethnic tinderboxes where most of Kenya's 42 tribes co-exist.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

We haven't really gotten those tinderboxes under control either.

Blake Fleetwood: Ahmadinejad and Bush: A Match Made In Hell 2008

The incident underlines both the vulnerability of the world's communications infrastructure and YouTube's role in spreading politically charged content to political tinderboxes such as Pakistan.

Put It on Visa 2008

Also, we're live on the fire lines out West, as dry weather turns four states into tinderboxes.

CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2006 2006

So the tinderboxes among us know that at least you do what you do on purpose, as opposed to just being unwittingly cack.

The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2005