11.   The electoral commissions are believed to be controlled by Milosevic, but there remain deep splits within the government, Western diplomats here said.

12.   The leaders, while revealing deep splits and distrusts, nevertheless pledged to support the peace accord.

13.   Polls had found a deep split among Americans about Simpson, with most whites believing he was guilty and most blacks believing he was innocent.

14.   But the Socialist leadership was meeting Wednesday to consider boycotting Parliament amid signs of a deep split between hardliners and moderates within the party.

15.   But the Clinton administration has been attempting assiduously to avoid a deep split with Russia.

16.   But the long struggle with the opposition has exposed deep splits between moderates and hard-liners in the Socialist Party.

17.   Demonstrations by hundreds of pro- and anti-abortion activists outside the white-stone parliamentary building reflected the deep split in Portuguese society over the issue.

18.   Demonstrations by hundreds of pro- and anti-abortion activists outside the parliamentary building reflected the deep split in Portuguese society over the issue.

19.   Helmut Sonnenfeldt, a former White House and State Department official, said he would caution against concluding there are deep splits.

20.   Meanwhile, a Russian journalist in Yugoslavia said there was a deep split between Chernomyrdin and military members of the Russian delegation.