Still, Mr. Kelly cautioned that both men had cited Washington's tradition of dividing its limited resources by state or population.

I can't afford to divide my attention or my resources... Frantic pounding at his bedroom door woke him.

But Mr. Bishop acknowledged that the contest has divided the Democrats' resources.

Motivations include attempting to divide opponents' resources and getting bad news (expected losses) out of the way.

The Citizens would thus have to eliminate all the cy- borgs, too, and that would represent several more hours of effort, and divide their resources.

As firefighters arrive, they are forced to divide their resources between the library and a fire at the trailer park.

This decision would prevent a civil war but also divide the kingdom's resources.

And more contention over how to divide the city's resources is likely this week, when city officials and labor leaders begin a new round of contract negotiations.

Overall, Alexander had committed four separate groups to divide the defenders' resources.

The Invasion mode forces Human and Chimeran teams to divide their resources with the goal of holding multiple control nodes on the map simultaneously.