1.   The ensuing conflict has been sharpened by the phenomenal growth of outdoor recreation during the last two Decades.

2.   All this marketing success only sharpened the conflict between environment and economy.

3.   Politically and socially, the crash only served to clarify the issues and sharpen the conflicts, several analysts said.

4.   Squabbling over the sharing of lucrative revenues from the oil sales and taxes have sharpened a conflict between the two main Iraqi Kurdish parties.

5.   The Philippines has proposed a code of conduct among the claimants to avoid sharpening their conflict.

6.   Two government officials reportedly resigned Saturday following a high court ruling against Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sharpening the conflict in the Bosnian Serb leadership.

7.   Two government officials resigned Saturday following a high court decree which outlaws key policy decisions by President Biljana Plavsic, sharpening the conflict in the Bosnian Serb leadership.