a lightning rod

It was widespread skepticism about the strategy that turned the name into a lightning rod for criticism.

At cost of precious money which he had long been saving up, shilling by shilling, he put a lightning-rod on the house.

One sentence became a lightning rod. He wrote, "We do not need to be heroes to earn a good return on the investment in Chrysler. "

The building became a lightning rod for what was happening, socially maybe, as well as architecturally.

Thunder and lightning was a lightning rod and ground with the potential to secular music can draw when it lost its power.

Wal-Mart has suddenly become a lightning-rod for a new national debate about justice and capitalism.

Palin may have grown tired of being a lightning rod for the American media and decided she wanted a break.

The issue had become a lightning rod for criticism of China's attempts to control the press.

Mr Blankfein, whose bank has become a lightning rod for public anger at Wall Street, bore the brunt of the panel's questions.

House prices have also become a lightning rod for anxiety about widening inequality.

Such recognition helped get bookings, but it also made Brubeck a lightning rod for jazz critics.

Citi has become a lightning rod for market fears about the US banking sector as a whole.

But Carlyle's planned acquisition has become a lightning rod for unease at the intrusion of foreign companies into the Chinese economy.

That sale became a lightning rod for criticism that the government wasn't doing enough to regulate the property market.

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Lowe's said in a statement it withdrew its advertising after the program became what it called a "lightning rod" for strong political views.

He's simply using Madame Olenska as a lightning-rod; I've seen him try the same thing often before.

And after a summer of being a lightning rod for critics, James might be more eager than ever to play.

A lightning-rod salesman comes into town and warns the boys that a storm is coming.

The sector is also a lightning rod for contagion.

The Fed has become a lightning rod for public anger that Wall Street got bailed out and Main Street didn't.

As a result, he has become a lightning rod for all criticism of the government.

Then tell me how complicated can a lightning rod be? I am curious to find out?

Introducing the basic formulate that delimit a lightning rod's protective range with grounder

I am a lightning rod