What ensued became the subject of rancorous dispute.

The meetinghouse here saw a rancorous dispute; at one point the orthodox members barred the door to the Hicksites.

But it has also kept him at a healthy remove from the rancorous disputes over the direction of jazz that have divided American musicians since the late 1960's.

But it is not clear that clean elections could be held in places with more rancorous partisan disputes over election rules and vote counting.

But since then, the incident has led to a rancorous dispute between the campaigns, as each accused the other of engaging in underhanded tactics.

A rancorous dispute ensued over how performance royalties should be assessed for Internet broadcasters.

But the festive atmosphere had been threatened by a rancorous dispute over the seeding of the six teams, one for each group.

In an interview on Friday, Mr. Pope, the executive director, said there were two essential reasons for the rancorous dispute.

But here, in the world's largest democracy, the big-money water solution - the big dam - has been the subject of rancorous disputes.

October heroics have a way of wiping from memory even the most rancorous disputes that can tarnish a baseball season.