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Weak Link Or Vital Cog? Divisive Alvaro Morata Leading Spain's Euros Final Charge
Spain have dazzled on their thrilling run to the Euro 2024 final but just one of their 13 goals in Germany has come from striker and captain Alvaro Morata, who remains a lightning rod for criticism.
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Opinion | 'Was It The Right Choice?': The American Dream, Now A Nightmare For Many
The H-1B needs little introduction: it's the lightning rod for political football in the U.S., caught in a gridlock for more than two decades now.
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To Save People From Lightning Strikes, UP To Put Metal Rods Atop Buildings
With the aim to protect people from lightning, which claims hundreds of lives every year, the Yogi government is going to install lightning arresters, or lightning rods, atop tall buildings in Uttar Pradesh.
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Brazilian Scientists Capture How Lightning Rods Attract Bolts
Armed with a high-speed video camera with a high resolution, scientists captured the electric action in Sao Jose dos Campos, a city northeast of Sao Paulo.
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The Controversy Over Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's State Funeral
A state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe has become a lightning rod for controversy, prompting demonstrations and even a man apparently setting himself on fire.
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Joe Biden's Indian-American Budget Pick Neera Tanden A Lightning Rod In Washington
Neera Tanden, President-elect Joe Biden's outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left.
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Vijay Mallya Breaks His Silence, Disputes Wilful Defaulter Tag. Ten Things To Know
Vijay Mallya highlighted that he has been made the Poster Boy of bank default and a lightning rod of public anger
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Vijay Mallya Releases Letter To PM "To Put Things In Right Perspective"
Fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya today released a two-year-old letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said in a statement he was "making every effort" to settle his dues to banks but he had been made the "Poster Boy" of bank default and a lightning rod for public anger.
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AAP Unable To Explain Source Of 2 Crores Of Donations, Claim Income Tax Officers
The Aam Admi Party, a lightning rod for scandal in recent weeks, has a new controversy to contend with. Tax officials say they the party, which is headed by Arvind Kejriwal, has been unable to explain the source of 2 crores of donations received by it ahead of the 2015 election. Last week, the party was asked by the Home Affairs Ministry to explain...
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2 Opposition Journalists Jailed In Turkey Press Freedom Trial: Report
An Istanbul court on Friday jailed two opposition journalists on hugely controversial charges of revealing state secrets, media reported, in a trial that has become a lightning rod for concerns about eroding press freedoms in Turkey.
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Northern Irish Court Backs David Cameron Over 1989 Murder Inquiry
A Northern Ireland court today backed Prime Minister David Cameron's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of a human rights lawyer, whose death remains a lightning rod for anger over state collusion with pro-British paramilitaries.
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Missing Malaysian Airlines jet drama boosts veteran politician
Malaysia's missing plane has made Hishammuddin Hussein a globally recognised lightning rod for foreign criticism of his country's handling of the crisis.
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Pope Benedict: diehard traditionalist who resigned his post
Pope Benedict XVI, who on Monday announced his intention to resign this month, will be remembered as a staunch defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy, a diehard traditionalist and a lightning rod for controversy.
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James Murdoch quits as BSkyB Chairman
James Murdoch resigned as Chairman of British pay-TV giant BSkyB on Tuesday, saying he did not want to become a "lightning rod" for the hacking scandal at his father Rupert's media empire.
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Who is Jerry Yang?
Jerry Yang built Yahoo! into an online colossus but the co-founder of the Internet pioneer has become a lightning rod for investor criticism of the recent management of the company.
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Weak Link Or Vital Cog? Divisive Alvaro Morata Leading Spain's Euros Final Charge
Spain have dazzled on their thrilling run to the Euro 2024 final but just one of their 13 goals in Germany has come from striker and captain Alvaro Morata, who remains a lightning rod for criticism.
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Opinion | 'Was It The Right Choice?': The American Dream, Now A Nightmare For Many
The H-1B needs little introduction: it's the lightning rod for political football in the U.S., caught in a gridlock for more than two decades now.
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To Save People From Lightning Strikes, UP To Put Metal Rods Atop Buildings
With the aim to protect people from lightning, which claims hundreds of lives every year, the Yogi government is going to install lightning arresters, or lightning rods, atop tall buildings in Uttar Pradesh.
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Brazilian Scientists Capture How Lightning Rods Attract Bolts
Armed with a high-speed video camera with a high resolution, scientists captured the electric action in Sao Jose dos Campos, a city northeast of Sao Paulo.
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The Controversy Over Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's State Funeral
A state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe has become a lightning rod for controversy, prompting demonstrations and even a man apparently setting himself on fire.
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Joe Biden's Indian-American Budget Pick Neera Tanden A Lightning Rod In Washington
Neera Tanden, President-elect Joe Biden's outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left.
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Vijay Mallya Breaks His Silence, Disputes Wilful Defaulter Tag. Ten Things To Know
Vijay Mallya highlighted that he has been made the Poster Boy of bank default and a lightning rod of public anger
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Vijay Mallya Releases Letter To PM "To Put Things In Right Perspective"
Fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya today released a two-year-old letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said in a statement he was "making every effort" to settle his dues to banks but he had been made the "Poster Boy" of bank default and a lightning rod for public anger.
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AAP Unable To Explain Source Of 2 Crores Of Donations, Claim Income Tax Officers
The Aam Admi Party, a lightning rod for scandal in recent weeks, has a new controversy to contend with. Tax officials say they the party, which is headed by Arvind Kejriwal, has been unable to explain the source of 2 crores of donations received by it ahead of the 2015 election. Last week, the party was asked by the Home Affairs Ministry to explain...
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2 Opposition Journalists Jailed In Turkey Press Freedom Trial: Report
An Istanbul court on Friday jailed two opposition journalists on hugely controversial charges of revealing state secrets, media reported, in a trial that has become a lightning rod for concerns about eroding press freedoms in Turkey.
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Northern Irish Court Backs David Cameron Over 1989 Murder Inquiry
A Northern Ireland court today backed Prime Minister David Cameron's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of a human rights lawyer, whose death remains a lightning rod for anger over state collusion with pro-British paramilitaries.
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Missing Malaysian Airlines jet drama boosts veteran politician
Malaysia's missing plane has made Hishammuddin Hussein a globally recognised lightning rod for foreign criticism of his country's handling of the crisis.
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Pope Benedict: diehard traditionalist who resigned his post
Pope Benedict XVI, who on Monday announced his intention to resign this month, will be remembered as a staunch defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy, a diehard traditionalist and a lightning rod for controversy.
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James Murdoch quits as BSkyB Chairman
James Murdoch resigned as Chairman of British pay-TV giant BSkyB on Tuesday, saying he did not want to become a "lightning rod" for the hacking scandal at his father Rupert's media empire.
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Who is Jerry Yang?
Jerry Yang built Yahoo! into an online colossus but the co-founder of the Internet pioneer has become a lightning rod for investor criticism of the recent management of the company.
