101.   One thorny issue is what to do with the equities trading floors in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

102.   One potential thorny issue is dismissals.

103.   Organizers say that will be avoided because the agenda will bar discussions on abortion, gun control and other thorny issues.

104.   Product transitions have often been a thorny issue for Silicon Graphics, and many of its competitors, but this one appears to be more serious.

105.   Russian investors face two thorny issues, however.

106.   She diplomatically refused to be pinned down on some thorny issues, including workplace safety rules and the minimum wage.

107.   Such a law could raise thorny constitutional issues, because so many of the memorials include a cross, a Christian symbol.

108.   Such contentiousness raises equally thorny emotional issues.

109.   State regulators will have to settle a number of thorny issues to form the foundation for a competitive phone market.

110.   State, city and county government leaders announced Thursday that they had reached agreement on a bill that would mediate the thorny issue of taxing Internet services and commerce.