First there was a great hue and cry over those papers, then it all died down, and now the whole caboodle's started all over again for rather different reasons.
It took a long time to settle down the first time. 
mnli hypothesis: It took a long time to settle down the first time.  premise: First there was a great hue and cry over those papers, then it all died down, and now the whole caboodle's started all over again for rather different reasons.