31.   New problems had arisen which the old parties, with their controversies over free trade or the gold standard seemed unable to solve.

32.   McGovern, too, was involved in a controversy over his attitude to the Spanish Republican Government.

33.   The controversy over affiliation had grown out of all proportion, driving the party into an isolation which neither its leaders nor its members really desired.

34.   The Princess of Wales may have foreseen the latest controversy over her marriage in the stars.

35.   But controversy over the allegations of child abuse continued.

36.   OIL giant Shell has plunged into controversy over a ferry crossing promotion.

37.   I REFER to the controversy over the Prebend Row bus stop area.

38.   CONTROVERSY over pit closures has created some strange bedfellows.

39.   A BISHOP has appealed to parishioners not to let the controversy over women priests tear the Church apart.

40.   Also hanging over the offer is the controversy over how the French government treated minority shareholders of Eramet, a mining company.