1.   Diplomats interviewed by telephone said they did not believe that the dispute would lead to any serious rupture.

2.   Disputes over eligibility led one family to threaten to sue the school, claiming that a girl should not have been allowed to try out under existing rules.

3.   Disputes have even led to threats of linguistic schisms.

4.   However, that dispute led the agency to launch a preliminary study, which found a majority of those families were either getting jobs or increased child support.

5.   If the talks go badly, traders speculate that the dispute could lead to a U.S. military strike that might disrupt Mideast oil supplies.

6.   In this town southwest of Houston, however, a dispute over umpiring led to both sides being tossed.

7.   Mullin, at an aviation conference in London on Wednesday, said he expects the dispute will lead to a settlement or government intervention rather than a strike.

8.   Oil prices rose for a second day on expectations that the dispute could lead to a cutoff of Iraqi oil sales.

9.   Oil prices rose on concern the Iraqi dispute could lead to a confrontation that might disrupt oil shipments from the region.

10.   Oil prices rose on expectations that the dispute could lead to a cutoff of Iraqi oil sales.