As pressure has mounted to finish the bill, other issues have suddenly flared, including the possibility that nonpension matters, like the estate tax, could be included.

Other issues in the park, including a sexual assault and reported drug use, as well as infighting between some of the more than 80 working groups also flared.

While negotiating with the New School, the executive commitee discovered that long-unresolved issues about the Studio's artistic goals and administration had flared into open debate.

The statehouses stole the spotlight from the winner's circle this week as political issues flared in racing in New York and Florida.

The issue of the uninsured has flared anew with a round of charges and countercharges about the Bush record in Texas.

The long smoldering issue of unaccounted-for American prisoners from the Vietnam War has flared anew.

The issue flared recently when a video was posted online of a Texas judge whipping his daughter.

But the issue flared after the 1991 season when he fired Mike Shanahan, his offensive coordinator, in a disagreement over how the offense should be run.

The issue flared anew because it came up in this week's debates, not because of any big new campaign initiative on either side.

In New York, the issue flared in a budget battle this spring.