1.   Available supplies of the precious metals have fallen critically low since Russia halted shipments amid bureaucratic disputes.

2.   Bureaucratic disputes kept the metals from being exported for the first seven months of last year, during which time stockpiles fell and prices soared.

3.   Bureaucratic disputes kept the metals from being exported for the first seven months of last year, which led to a drop in stockpiles and a surge in prices.

4.   Bureaucratic disputes over control of export licenses blocked Russian shipments of platinum and palladium for the first seven months of the year.

5.   Bureaucratic disputes that generals and senators usually hash out in private suddenly got a very public airing.

6.   Exports of the precious metal were held up by bureaucratic disputes over control of export licenses.

7.   In news stories over the past week, Morales and his wife have characterized the scholarship repayment a bureaucratic dispute.

8.   Russia halted exports in December because of bureaucratic disputes over the issuing of export licenses.

9.   Russian exports of platinum and palladium were halted from December to July by bureaucratic disputes.

10.   Russian exports of platinum and palladium were halted from December to July because of bureaucratic disputes over the issuing of export licenses.