11.   The longtime Cuban leader clearly was willing to risk inspiring some new open dissent in this country, in exchange for burnishing the image of an increasingly tolerant Cuba.

12.   They are practically the only open dissent allowed in the country.

13.   There are no signs of open dissent in other larger opposition-run cities such as Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad.

14.   The weekend meetings had been virtually the only open dissent allowed in the country.

15.   This could give bishops, and ultimately the pope, leverage to stem open dissent against church policy.