The vote by a group that claims to embody the very definition of American masculinity and honor became a lightning rod for debate about the nature and pace of change on gay rights.
After Tyreek Duren's two foul shots tied it 74-all at the 1:07 mark, Mississippi star and team lightning rod Marshall Henderson missed an off-balance bank shot that would have given the Rebels the lead.
Because of my experience on Wall Street and China, and the team of experienced Chinese professionals that we have assembled, we act as a lightning rod for Western and Chinese companies alike.
The case also had the potential to turn the Court into a lightning rod of controversy and damage its reputation.
Mrs Palin, 45, shot to fame as John McCain's Republican running mate in the election of November 2008, becoming a lightning rod for praise and criticism alike.
As the head of the company, Hayward became a lightning rod for public and political anger after the drill rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
"Barbie has and always will be a lightning rod for cultural conversation, " said Stephanie Cota, 42, Senior Vice President of Girls Global Brand Marketing at Mattel.
For the Mahathir-Soros debate has become a lightning rod for the pros and cons of openness to the world and the constraints it imposes on individual nations.
Inside America and out, he was a lightning rod but also the acknowledged fix-it man at a time of enormous creative destruction.
And this was sort of a lightning rod for all of that.
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Mr Blair was almost recklessly loyal in some cases, reinstating both David Blunkett and Peter Mandelson (his own lightning rod) to cabinet roles after their falls from grace.
And without the victimhood, Tesla is just another brilliant mind floating between the folds of history, rather than a lightning rod for channeling contemporary resentment and sublimating it into a cultish badge self-reaffirmation.
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Use current ownership as a lightning rod, reduce ticket prices, and toss in the old chestnut of substantial transfer funds and what self-respecting Arsenal fan could not be seduced by the notion of new owners?
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The 37-year-old Rodriguez has been as much a lightning rod for back-page fodder and the subject of Major League Baseball investigations as he has been a force on the field since joining the Yankees in 2004.
But ever since disgruntled IBM employees brought the issue to public attention, the movement by major corporations to convert traditional defined-benefit plans to so-called cash-balance pension plans has been a lightning rod for workers'--and particularly baby boomers'--growing anxiety over their retirement incomes.
Then on Saturday night, Marcus Agius took a personal decision to become the lightning rod for the criticism, to protect Barclays and Mr Diamond, so he decided to resign - which he told colleagues about on Sunday morning and was confirmed yesterday.
Since then, the company has become a lightning rod for anger over Wall Street's profligacy and seeming arrogance.
Now a case involving El Salvador and Canadian mining company Pacific Rim is becoming something of a lightning rod for this issue.
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Instead, it held out a lightning rod: Ask's initiative has sparked a feud between privacy advocacy groups and spotlighted the simmering controversy over how search engines handle private information.
He's a lightning rod for fans, who seem to either love or hate his unconventional playing style and athletic gifts.
The Conga project has become a lightning rod for larger debates about whether mining can benefit local communities without damaging the environment and whether or not national economic interests should trump local opposition to mining activities.
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The banking sector in particular has been a lightning rod for public criticism, after a number of major banks in the United States and Britain received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded rescue packages at the height of the crisis.
But Mr Valder promises to be a lightning rod for other dissident Liberals, in a campaign where the coalition will be running neck-and-neck with the opposition Labor Party.
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