1.   Already it has poisoned relations among nations.

2.   But very few did any lasting good and each poisoned U.S. relations with the rest of the hemisphere.

3.   Gore, who Clinton sent to back NAFTA in a national debate with Ross Perot, can ill afford further poisoned relations with organized labor.

4.   That incursion last September had poisoned relations between the two Koreas and halted all plans for cooperation.

5.   The dispute has poisoned relations between India and Pakistan, and has resulted in two wars.

6.   The dispute has poisoned relations between the EU and the United States for almost a decade.

7.   The dispute has poisoned relations between India and Pakistan and has resulted in two wars.

8.   The dispute has poisoned relations between the European Union and the United States for almost a decade.

9.   The European Union approves a deal with Canada Sunday to end the feud over fishing rights that has poisoned relations between the transatlantic allies.

10.   The Rushdie affair has poisoned relations between the EU and Iran for six years.