1.   A FLURRY of legal proceedings will this week turn up the heat in the already simmering Timex dispute in Dundee.

2.   And at least a few beer makers are backing away from the term to avoid confusion and perhaps negative publicity should the simmering dispute reach heady proportions.

3.   But diplomats from both sides said they welcomed the effort to tamp down a simmering dispute that has prompted one key Congressman to threaten to cut military aid here.

4.   In issuing the guidelines, Donna Shalala, the secretary of health and human services, tried to resolve a simmering dispute between federal and state officials.

5.   Indeed, the subtext of the weekend action seems to be a simmering dispute between the co-anchors.

6.   Microsoft said it would not sign a Windows deal with IBM until a simmering dispute over past royalty payments had been settled, Norris contended.

7.   The defense also is expected to focus on a long simmering dispute over how to calculate the frequency with which a particular DNA fingerprint occurs in the population.

8.   The temporary order is the latest development in a simmering dispute over electronic advertisements and who holds the rights to distribute them.

9.   The simmering dispute developed into a crisis last month after North Korea removed plutonium-rich nuclear fuel rods from a reactor at Yongbyon without international supervision.

10.   This simmering dispute led to mistrust and eventually erupted in the final hours of the talks last weekend, leading to the European Union pulling the plug.