1.   Both Arafat and Sharon deny that their long personal conflict is further complicating and embittering the bloody, highly acrimonious relations between their peoples.

2.   But for many American pilots the Reno purchase was the last straw after years of acrimonious relations with management.

3.   If GM balks, it could very well face a strike, especially in Canada, where it and the union have acrimonious relations.

4.   Jiang knows that he is considered inexperienced in foreign affairs and that he could burnish his reputation by leading the way to less acrimonious relations with Washington.

5.   Iran shares a long border with Afghanistan and has had acrimonious relations with the radical Taliban militia that runs the country.

6.   Iran shares a long border with Afghanistan and has had acrimonious relations with the Taliban militia that runs the country.

7.   The case has provoked increasingly acrimonious relations between the two neighbouring countries.