21.   But Bush contends this is a fundamentally different Russia, one that has ended its constant internal debate on whether to join the West.

22.   But after lengthy internal debate, the Ministry of Public Security ruled that there was nothing illegal about two people of the same sex living together.

23.   But how that happens is another matter, and even the baby steps taken so far have not come without considerable internal debate.

24.   But such mental ferment and internal debate helps the man at the top figure out where he wants to take the nation.

25.   But such internal debates may be merely a prelude to a bigger battle, one certain to test the mettle of the new corps of privacy officers.

26.   But there was considerable internal debate about how hard the government could push Hearst.

27.   But they acknowledge that those efforts, which would result in weakening state control, have been slowed by a prolonged internal debate.

28.   But there is some internal debate about the level on which Gore should engage.

29.   By sending the most soothing signals, and praising the pro-China policies of former President Bush, the Chinese are trying to influence that internal debate.

30.   Disinformation about this move set off an internal Israeli debate about whether the shift was hostile or defensive.