1.   Analyst Tom Burnett said the public dispute only makes it harder for HP to sell the merger and navigate through a difficult economic climate.

2.   Apart from wanting to avoid a diplomatic tussle with the Americans, Chinese officials might simply be too embarrassed to turn this into a public dispute.

3.   As a rule, the navel does not cause public dispute.

4.   At least one council member suggested Harvard was responsible for the public dispute because she declined to call in the GBI to investigate when Arcangeli requested such a review.

5.   Baffert even got into a bitter public dispute with one of his well-heeled owners, Aaron Jones.

6.   Before the spinoff, there was a public dispute over how the breakup would proceed.

7.   After a public dispute, Sharif replaced the chief of army staff, Gen. Jehangir Karamat, with his own man last October.

8.   Christian is talking about a very public dispute between Capt. Louis Arcangeli and Police Chief Beverly Harvard, as are many of the rank and file.

9.   Davidow, a former Capitol Hill aide himself, has tread carefully in Congressional matters and has had no public dispute with the often testy Helms.

10.   For months, both Clinton and Gore had been reluctant to get into a public dispute with Netanyahu, a senior official said.