If Belgrade persists in banning the investigators, including those who already have visas, diplomats said, another noisy confrontation seems unavoidable.

The marines were advised against going into nearby towns for fear of provoking noisy confrontations.

As a noisy, finger-pointing confrontation built up between Mr. Shekhar's supporters and his opponents, the lower house of Parliament had to be adjourned for 15 minutes for tempers to cool.

A few nights later, in Sedalia, Mo., he vainly tried to defuse a noisy confrontation with scores of hecklers.

Once Luc and Scott resume their combat, the film is fueled mainly by their noisy confrontations.

In July, Mrs. Rosario and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton had a noisy public confrontation over the case during a town meeting in the Bronx.

The general talent and dedication of the ensemble mitigate the script's occasional lapses into sentimentality and noisy confrontation.

Another attempt to safeguard his future ended in a noisy confrontation - this time with the leaders of his own party.

The Supreme Court's entry into the case essentially gives everyone involved a chance to step back from the noisy and sometimes alarming confrontations of recent weeks.

The noted that the "incident marked a further deterioration in relations between the protesters and town residents following a noisy confrontation at the barricades Monday night that led to the arrest of one person."