1.   The meeting degenerated into a shouting match.

2.   Commission meetings degenerated into acrimonious affairs.

3.   Instead of rapproachment, however, the meeting quickly degenerated into a stream of invective and, ultimately, a shower of bullets.

4.   Yet the meeting degenerated into a shouting match that has put a tear in the relationship that may prove fatal to the deal.

5.   Yet the meeting degenerated into a shouting match over the terms of the agreement, and left the relationship tattered and the deal threatened.

6.   Before the contacts broke off amid increasing violence several weeks ago, the meetings had degenerated into hot-tempered exchanges of blame for the escalation.

7.   But technical meetings sometimes degenerate into arguments over questions like who owns the equipment.

8.   However, a U.S.-backed cease-fire never took hold and the meetings have degenerated into heated sessions of trading charges.

9.   He added, however, that the informer did not specifically tell him that the meeting would degenerate into a hunt for foreigners.