When Stelescu founded his "White Eagles", the right-wing nativists, the centrists and the advocates of left-wing nationalism in Romania had been disputing over the concept of "Romanianism" for over a decade.

But environmental advocates dispute those findings.

Environmental advocates dispute Mr. Koch's assertions.

However, advocates dispute the accuracy of the numbers, saying they seem to under report the real numbers of sexual assaults in prison, especially among juveniles.

Raising economic growth to the highest value necessarily means that welfare is subordinate, although advocates dispute this saying that economic growth provides more welfare than known alternatives.

Economists and advocates may dispute whether the economy would be better or worse off as a result, but it would have to be markedly different.

Organized labor and advocates for farm workers historically have disputed these assertions based on the general high employment rate among domestic farm workers and the alleged desire of agricultural employers to preserve a cheap labor force with limited legal rights.

Local advocates dispute the figure.

Since announcing the policy on Nov. 19, Mr. Giuliani has said that more than 500 people have been taken to shelters, figures the homeless advocates are now disputing.