The case, which set off a national furor about child molesting, has become a symbol of the shortcomings of the criminal justice system.

The death and subsequent revelations of a police cover-up have created a national furor.

The tapes set off a national furor about the company's relations with minorities, and led to Texaco's record settlement of the bias suit last week.

Five days earlier, a 6-year-old from North Carolina had been suspended for kissing a classmate, and the Queens case added to a national furor.

Newspaper accounts exaggerated the level of crime and violence that accompanied the strike, resulting in a national furor that shaped the political response.

But it is not Mr. Black who is stirring up the current national furor over editorial independence.

No, not set off a national furor.

Her comments, including those in an interview with The New York Times, set off a national furor.

It was always a good idea; the national furor over police brutality underscores the need.

Simultaneously, Winterbottom's previous film, "9 Songs," was causing a national furor.