The Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : Berlin was the tinderbox of Europe. From Dictionary.com.
All homes in tinderbox zones should be designed so that the likelihood of fires spreading to other homes is reduced. From Wordnik.com. [What Is the State of U.S. Disaster-Preparedness? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
George Clooney travelled to Sudan as part of an international effort to defuse the short term tinderbox of a controversial poll. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The tinderbox is a system set up 40 years ago to make changes in the Legislature-approved budget when lawmakers aren't in session. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
Richardson has described the situation as a "tinderbox". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
In North Korea, New Mexico governor says situation is a 'tinderbox'. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Bill Richardson called a "tinderbox" after returning from a visit to the. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Bill Richardson called a "tinderbox" after returning from a visit to the North. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Richardson, who is visiting Pyongyang, described the situation as a "tinderbox". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Communications, run an application wikipedia. org/wiki/Api) will not change known as tinderbox. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
An unofficial US envoy visiting North Korea has warned that the situation on the peninsula is a "tinderbox". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
U.S. and Chinese officials have described the situation on the peninsula as "extremely precarious" and a "tinderbox". From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
On Saturday he described the situation as a "tinderbox" but said he had made "a little headway" in talks with North Korean officials. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Described as "extremely precarious" and a "tinderbox" by U.S. and Chinese officials. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The tinderbox that is Lebanon can explode at any moment. From Wordnik.com. [Taufiq Rahim: The Fall in Lebanon to be Hotter Than the Summer] Reference
So it doesn't take much, it is truly a tinderbox out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2007] Reference
COLLINS: Fighting fire in phoenix, a tinderbox up in flames. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2007] Reference
Summer turned southern California into a tinderbox last week. From Wordnik.com. ['My Home Is All Gone'] Reference
That Van Dorn was a racial tinderbox in 1943 isn't in dispute. From Wordnik.com. [What Really Happened To The Soldiers Of The 364Th?] Reference
RICHARD LUGAR (R), INDIANA: This is a tinderbox of difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference
COLLINS: Fighting fire in phoenix -- a tinderbox up in flames. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2007] Reference
When the case is current like this, do you walk a tinderbox here?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2003] Reference
A severe drought, as we said, creating those tinderbox conditions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2005] Reference
The governor of Texas says his state is a virtual tinderbox tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2005] Reference
We are sitting on a tinderbox of emotions in this state right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2005] Reference
Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has long governed a tinderbox. From Wordnik.com. [Our Main Enemy Is Al Qaeda] Reference
This is a situation in my mind -- I mean it is a tinderbox, isn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2005] Reference
Bin Laden is making their presence a tinderbox issue for the radicals. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Prices: A War Casualty?] Reference
"It's a racial tinderbox," says a former aide to Mayor Richard M. Daley. From Wordnik.com. [Battleground Chicago] Reference
Now living in Colorado, Baer says the Hamas victory creates a tinderbox. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2006] Reference
So, it is a tinderbox, but at the moment things are relatively calm, John. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference
This area is as dry as a tinderbox and the flames are racing through these hills. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009] Reference
In other words, once lit, this tinderbox has plenty in it to keep the fire burning. From Wordnik.com. [Breathing Room In The Balkans] Reference
And when I got down on the ground, I went to observe, and these were tinderbox houses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010] Reference
So there isn't a concern that something -- that this is a tinderbox that might now ignite. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... on a tinderbox of emotions in this state right now, everybody is skittish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2005] Reference
But a dry spring and the second hottest June on record turned the Sunshine State into a tinderbox. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire This Time] Reference
There ` s something inside them that just, there was a tinderbox and it was set off by an incident. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2009] Reference
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