1.   As the criticism mounts, the government is clearly divided, with some officials favoring the crackdown on critics and others arguing that Mugabe has gone too far.

2.   But as the welfare debate in the House demonstrated, the method of budget calculus takes on immense significance when the government is divided into opposing ideological camps.

3.   But he acknowledged that the government was so divided that it could not control the army or stop the Hutu rebels.

4.   Even the government is divided.

5.   European governments are divided on whether to apply such trade sanctions, and American and European officials both played down the possibility that any might take effect.

6.   The assessment and its potential implications have divided the government.

7.   The government clearly was divided between hard-line and soft-line camps.

8.   The government is divided over how to proceed with the Ocalan case.

9.   The Israeli government has been divided on this issue, with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres arguing that Arafat should be permitted to attend and Sharon opposed.

10.   The official said his government was divided over how to proceed.