31.   In the past, Franco-American clashes usually involved one dispute at a time.

32.   In the bellwether auto industry, for example, weaker consumer spending and local contract disputes at factories hurt corporate results.

33.   Initially, at least, the Clinton case seems problematic for the furious tangle of partisan animus and factual dispute at its heart.

34.   Johnson Controls and the union also are locked in a dispute at a plant in Taylor, Michigan.

35.   McGhee said that the disputes at the parts factories involved health and safety issues.

36.   NCAA spokesman Wally Renfro said the NCAA got involved in the legal dispute at the request of Indiana State but never sent its lawyers into court.

37.   None of that is very different from recent disputes at other major airlines.

38.   Neither Powell nor any other administration official can be expected to take public positions on these thorny disputes at present.

39.   One was the dispute at the New York Daily News four years ago.

40.   Police and organizers said events that were planned to deal with the holiday influx of visitors were well-attended, keeping crowds off the streets and disputes at a minimum.