61.   Last Wednesday morning, New York Gov. George Pataki was warmly praised by environmental groups for resolving a bitter dispute over logging in the Adirondack Park.

62.   Last fall, the Republican-dominated County Legislature decided that the arrangement was too expensive and forced cancellation of the deal, touching off a bitter dispute.

63.   Lynch and other Boston lawyers say the industry is rife with tales of riven friendships and lifelong partnerships dissolved in bitter disputes over the division of a big award.

64.   Mr. Ruddy left at the end of last year, shortly before his term was up, after bitter disputes with his superiors at the mission.

65.   Now, in a bitter dispute with conservationists, local businessmen and residents, backed by politicians, are clamoring for the road to reopen formally.

66.   Now there is a bitter dispute about the lifeboats.

67.   Now Croatia finds itself in a bitter dispute with its old patron.

68.   Officially, Kuwait has always said it would prefer that the bitter dispute between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections be resolved through diplomatic means.

69.   Perhaps the biggest challenge to the privatization experiment was the bitter dispute that the arrangement set off between Rye Brook and the neighboring village of Port Chester.

70.   Publicis S.A. and True North Communications have announced a cease-fire in their bitter dispute over control of a joint venture, Publicis FCB Europe.