51.   Despite the thorny issues facing Time Warner, senior executives at the company said they felt that investors were beginning to appreciate the benefits of the merger.

52.   Divorce has long been a thorny issue for that church.

53.   Do they say where they stand on thorny issues or are they getting by on gauzy rhetoric?

54.   Democrats and Republicans are holding fast to several thorny issues, including education spending.

55.   Even the site became a thorny issue.

56.   Even the thorny issue of immigration was grounds for concurrence, as both leaders expressed concern about the rate at which illegal immigrants were displacing U.S. workers.

57.   Even on the thorny issue of missile defense, Blair appeared more receptive than other European leaders, saying he was willing to consider new strategies.

58.   Fehr did not address the potentially thorny issue of the designated hitter.

59.   Fluoride is a thorny political issue in Britain.

60.   For the Israelis, it could raise the thorny issue of Palestinian refugees hoping to return to villages where their families lived more than a generation ago.