1.   Consultants are locked in a contract dispute with the Government that is likely to drag on until after the election.

2.   The law allows the president to appoint a three-member presidential emergency board to examine the contract dispute and produce non-binding recommendations.

3.   Alonzo Mourning, who was locked in a contract dispute with the Charlotte Hornets, was traded to Miami along with guard Pete Myers and center LeRon Ellis.

4.   AMR Corp., facing a possible pilots strike by mid-February, again offered to settle the contract dispute through arbitration.

5.   And there have been contract disputes, most notably with star forward Zigmund Palffy.

6.   Apparently, Buffalo was trying to make an example of Audette, who missed the first two months of the season in a contract dispute with the Sabres.

7.   As a center on a team without its best center, Jozef Stumpel, who is holding out in a contract dispute, that is a good thing.

8.   As cancellations continue, Delta runs the risk of offending passengers, as United Airlines did last summer during a pilot contract dispute.

9.   Arizona end Andre Wadsworth, finally rounding into shape after missing camp in a contract dispute, had two sacks.

10.   As often happens in contract disputes, the city and the police blame each other for refusing to negotiate.