111.   That could be a thorny issue when the Group of Seven industrialized nations meet this weekend in Denver.

112.   That raised a particularly thorny issue.

113.   The crack conviction remains a thorny issue for Dillon and he insists that he was innocent.

114.   The conference will be held by foreign ministers, to avoid the thorny issue of whether Arafat would attend.

115.   The extent of that protection against copycats has long been a thorny issue.

116.   The final contract also cannot take effect until several thorny issues are settled.

117.   The others concern potentially thorny issues like justice and land distribution, so a complete armistice remains far off.

118.   The panels would be modeled loosely on Congressional commissions that have successfully resolved thorny issues like closing military bases and reorganizing the Social Security system.

119.   The thorny issue is at what level the Italian lira would enter the ERM.

120.   The thorny issue stalling Congress has been whether to make airport security workers federal employees or to simply have the government supervise private contract screeners.