51.   Human rights groups are divided about whether the US government should concentrate on behind-the-scenes pleas for the release of dissidents.

52.   In Brandenburg, opinion is divided about equally between supporters, opponents and undecided.

53.   In part, legal experts say, that has been because law enforcement officials have been divided about whether it would be useful to do away with the warnings.

54.   Indeed, even before regulators took action last week, they were deeply divided about how high in the organization knowledge of the Benex scheme went.

55.   Interested scientists say excessive compulsive shopping has all the hallmarks of a psychiatric disorder, but opinion is still divided about where precisely it fits in.

56.   Insurance experts were divided about the effect of the decision, which came in a class-action lawsuit in Marion, Ill.

57.   Israel is divided about its future.

58.   Just two weeks after it gave President Clinton a standing ovation as he challenged Saddam Hussein, Congress is sharply divided about backing a possible attack on Iraq.

59.   Lawyers, politicians and columnists were divided about Dowd, an able criminal defense lawyer and a hail-fellow with ruddy cheeks raised on Ireland Street in Elmhurst, Queens.

60.   NATO members have been divided about how many nations should be allowed to join.