111.   Mary Summa of North Carolina and Becky Costantino of Wyoming sat side by side on the committee dais, but they spoke from opposite directions on the abortion issue.

112.   Mathews said Columbia does not consider the abortion issue a barrier to discussions or mergers with institutions that have religious affiliations.

113.   Lurking beneath the surface was the abortion issue.

114.   Members of the conference committee decided to leave the abortion issue until their next meeting.

115.   Moderate Republicans have cautioned the party against raising the abortion issue and have urged the party to moderate the anti-abortion language of the platform next year.

116.   Ms. Quindlen said that she had not planned to mention the abortion issue in her speech.

117.   Ms. Cullman, of the Republican Coalition for Choice, said she hoped that the abortion issue could be debated at the Republican convention.

118.   Nader already has angered many women with his seeming lack of concern on the abortion issue.

119.   Not surprising, they are on opposite sides of the abortion issue.

120.   Of course the fictional Pryce never takes a stand on the abortion issue.