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As the Indonesian economy faltered, ethnic conflicts erupted in many parts of the country; even Lombok experienced a brief flare-up of violence against Christians and ethnic Chinese.
When flames erupted from Jesse Tafero during the execution I witnessed, prison officials blamed the fire on the water-filled sponge attached to his head that was placed there to conduct electricity from the electrode.
At this remark, the room full of attorneys, congressmen and senators "erupted into laughter."
Fuji-san last erupted in 1707, and today only an occasional puff of steam breaks through its crust, the fitful snore of a sleeping giant.
"Black in America" erupted when an African-American fraygrant asked which white fraygrant would be the first to apologize to him for slavery.