My notes began as sad, whimsical musings, graduated to heated accusations and then spread from there.

The crash has led to heated accusations in Brazil against the American crew, and a judge this week ordered the pilots' passports confiscated to prevent them from leaving the country.

It is a dispute that has split the normally docile precincts of the club, even bringing tears amid heated accusations of conflicts of interest at one uncharacteristically raucous meeting.

Behind the heated accusations of unilateralism, arrogance, bad manners and oversimplification lie cultural and ideological differences made wider by the Afghan war and more vivid by the prospect of a new war in Iraq.

The agents disappeared before they were caught, and it was never learned which side they worked for, though both made heated accusations.

The trouble with television evangelists reached new heights today as the Rev. Jerry Falwell and the Rev. Jim Bakker traded heated public accusations.

Both countries have mixed heated accusations with stern promises to stand tough, and it is unclear if either will soften in time to reach a last-minute accord before Feb. 26, when trade sanctions threatened by both countries are set to begin.

But they also said their companies had matured during the last few years, when fierce rivalries had evolved into heated accusations and even legal battles over intellectual property.

A commission advising Congress on whether and how Internet commerce should be taxed fell into disarray today, with members trading heated accusations and appearing increasingly likely to go back to Congress with no recommendation at all.

De Bracineaux bristled at the cleric's heated accusations.