1.   A divided state Supreme Court let the jury instructions and ruling stand.

2.   During the Koch administration, a divided state Board of Regents refused to issue a waiver so that Robert F. Wagner Jr. could become chancellor.

3.   It was a dangerous time in a divided state.

4.   With a relaxation of military tensions in the divided state, nomad families are returning more frequently to mountain pastures with their herds.

5.   Yet North Carolina remains an economically divided state, where thriving cities prosper alongside depressed small towns and rural regions.

6.   Zedillo makes it clear he expects politicians in this politically divided state to work together for the good of the people.

7.   A sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the statewide property tax for school aid is valid, reversing a lower court ruling.

8.   After the latest round of Cabinet-level talks broke down last week, the two divided Korean states have no official channel of dialogue in operation.

9.   After the latest round of Cabinet-level talks broke down two weeks ago, the divided Korean states currently have no official channel of dialogue in operation.

10.   But Pakistan had threatened to cancel the next round after new hostilities erupted in mid-August over the divided Himalayan state.