Word: eruption
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...spin, NATO's war over Kosovo left the conflict surrounding that territory far from resolved. And with the Western alliance both flagging in its resolve to keep an increasingly messy peace and floundering in its efforts to define the purpose of that peace, ethnic bloodletting is threatening to erupt once more in Kosovo. Some 10,000 ethnic-Albanian protesters began marching Monday on the flashpoint town of Mitrovica, where nine people have been killed in clashes between gunmen on the Serb and Albanian sides of the Ibar River, which divides the town...
...Cubs ever won a World Series, Beantown or the Windy City would erupt in unbelievable celebrations as fans, who before were the butts of jokes for four score, would find themselves redeemed for their support of hapless teams for so many years. I only hope I'm alive to see one of those celebrations...