1.   At first glance, the dispute seems to be over issues, like wage increases, that might be resolved relatively easily.

2.   At first, their dispute seems to be over issues that might be resolved fairly easily, such as wage rises that roughly track inflation.

3.   A few more rounds of kava and the world would seem a happier place, where all people are friends and the disputes among them seem comically insignificant.

4.   After that, the dispute seemed to die down.

5.   But there seems little dispute that the blood pulsing through his veins is still the color of red clay.

6.   But there seems little dispute that under Mahdi human rights abuse was less severe and political parties were allowed to operate.

7.   Considering the stakes, unless lower courts change their minds, the dispute seems likely to return to the high court eventually.

8.   Even now, years after the Soviet Union buckled, a dispute with Russians seems to have a way of stoking patriotism.

9.   For anyone not already engaged in the subject, anti-missile defense disputes may seem dry.

10.   For Israelis and Palestinians, disputes over water rights seem intractable.