31.   But the money managers who have benefited from the surge in energy-stock prices are divided about whether the strong performance can continue.

32.   But the Republicans killed campaign-reform legislation and are divided about tax cuts.

33.   But this and other polls have shown the public is divided about whether stricter gun-control laws will actually reduce crime.

34.   But those who perceived Dole as shifting were evenly divided about whether he was trying to become more liberal or more conservative.

35.   Catholic leaders, both educators and bishops, have nonetheless declared themselves determined to resist secularization, but they are divided about how to do so.

36.   Children who took the test Thrusday were divided about its difficulty.

37.   Cohen said she believes the rest of the year will be broken into two parts, divided at about Thanksgiving Day.

38.   Courts around the country are divided about whether such lawsuits may be permitted.

39.   Currently, congressional Republicans are divided about whether picking on gays is good politics.

40.   Doctors are divided about whether to treat patients with transplanted organs from executed prisoners.