1.   Being deprived of close-up camera shots of men spitting between their teeth and tugging at the crotches of their knickers has produced no noticeable withdrawal symptoms.

2.   But a public spat between Mario Ruiz and the PRI escalated.

3.   He recalled how DiMaggio used to spit between closed teeth on the post that is no longer there.

4.   Here on this slender sand spit between Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico, a marketing hurricane cleverly disguised as an orgy is gathering battering force.

5.   So was the post-Grateful Dead spat between Phil Lesh and the Other Ones, much to the chagrin of Deadheads.

6.   The dollar rose against the mark amid the week-old gold reserves spat between the German government and Bundesbank.

7.   Leach apologized to Hunt for a courtroom spat between FBI agent Mark Sewell and Sadow in which Sewell threw a videotape at Sadow.

8.   A border spat between Peru and Ecuador has resumed despite a ceasefire with three Peruvian soldiers killed in an attack, a Peruvian radio network reported Monday.