61.   Barbour acknowledged the growing tensions within the Republican ranks.

62.   Divisions in the Republican ranks complicate any road to agreement.

63.   Such positions are likely to run into stiff opposition from Christian conservatives whose strength in Republican ranks is growing.

64.   Declining to speculate on who planted the bomb, White House officials are nonetheless detecting a possible split in Republican ranks.

65.   Though no one has publicly ruled out a Dole victory, grumbling in the Republican ranks has been escalating.