The vitriolic dispute has exposed intimate and embarrassing details of their previously private lives.

But this dispute over roadblocks to the Internet has exposed another gap between the rhetoric and the reality of technological advances.

One issue the dispute has exposed is that deeds and tax maps can be hazy in mountainous woodland where owners are cavalier about boundaries.

That dispute has exposed the simmering mistrust between black and white officers and the larger question of who should control the force - an issue that could become definitive in next year's mayoral election.

But a dispute over a proposal by a Chinese school to build a day-care center in a predominantly white section of Flushing has exposed the stresses and strains of racial change bubbling beneath the surface.

The dispute exposes the raw nerve that is Hiroshima in America.

The dispute has exposed the contradictions in Afghanistan's Constitution, which promises freedom of religion on the one hand, and on the other declares Islam supreme.

The dispute has exposed a rift in the party, prompting rampant speculation about the political consequences for Mr. Corzine and Mr. Roberts.

By seeking redress through litigation, the dispute has publicly exposed growing tensions within a tightknit community.

The present dispute over presidential sites exposes the Iraqi propaganda that it is sanctions that are the cause of the hardship and the suffering of the Iraqi people.