61.   Indeed, the United States and France have been at loggerheads for weeks, knowing the matter would come to a head at the Madrid summit.

62.   Matters came to a head late last year with an abortive rebellion by some Buddhist KNU members.

63.   Matters came to a boil Monday when Netanyahu went to Jordan for the first time as prime minister, and did not take Foreign Ministry staff along.

64.   On Monday, Chernoff stopped the trial after the matter came up and sent the jury to a hotel, where they were sequestered overnight.

65.   Other performers threatened to walk out if the dance act was changed, and the matter came under urgent last-minute negotiations mediated by President Ezer Weizman.

66.   The apology matter came up while the board considered endorsing a call to the U.S. government to issue a formal apology for slavery, spokesman Curt Miller said.

67.   The Lewinsky matter did not come up in their discussions, nor did they compare notes about their political weaknesses, a senior administration official said.

68.   The matter came to light when Director of Audit Dominic Chan Yin-tat investigated the payments last year.

69.   The matter came to light after other players complained to soccer authorities, the Star said.

70.   The matter came up at meetings last week between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.