At the same time, though, four of the circuit's judges issued a sharp dissent to the court majority that voted not to reconsider the case.

The next fortnight followed this pattern, leading to sharp dissent between Shackleton and the captain.

The sharpest dissent came from Justice Hecht, the court's leading conservative, who accused the majority of not of putting aside personal viewpoints, but acting on them.

Justice Stevens wrote a sharp three-paragraph dissent from the stay.

The coalition was generally acclaimed as a rare example of compromise and reconciliation, but it was not achieved without sharp dissent.

Then, three weeks later, Professor Peterson's partner in the study, Mathematica, a Princeton-based research firm, issued a sharp dissent.

In a sharp dissent, Justice Marshall said that movie-going was a luxury, not a weekly activity, for poor people.

The court's chief judge, Judith S. Kaye, issued a sharp dissent, warning that future generations would look back at yesterday's decision as "an unfortunate misstep."

But the conclusion about the Nevada site drew a sharp dissent from one of the report's authors and from environmentalists.

But there are sharp dissents from the conventional wisdom.