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Sat 29 Oct, 2011 01:11 am
Context:
Tempers Flare at Birthplace of Arab Spring
By J. DAVID GOODMAN
Protesters angered by a local result in Tunisia’s first free election burned a central government building on Friday in the impoverished town of Sidi Bouzid.
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http://www.nytimes.com/
Flare used this way is a metaphor. A fire flares when it suddenly blazes up without warning.
angry feelings exploded into action