1.   But his board position lends weight to his views, and his open dissent underscores shaky union-management relations as contract talks loom this fall.

2.   But she demurred from open dissent.

3.   He succeeded so thoroughly that the State Department this year concluded that open dissent in China has been crushed.

4.   Increasingly, there are ripples of open dissent.

5.   That bill is the one that has sparked open dissent among some Republican lawmakers, and prompted them to write Hyde declaring their opposition.

6.   The move drew open dissent from his officer corps, however, and the guerrillas have shown little sign of compromise since.

7.   Ostentatious displays could aggravate public anger over soaring unemployment, stagnating incomes and widespread corruption among officials and touch off open dissent.

8.   Already, there have been signs of open dissent.

9.   One in four people was rumored to have been an informer for the Securitate and its presence stifled almost all open dissent in Romania.

10.   The Communist Party has recently seemed to show growing intolerance of increasingly open dissent.