The American inaction in the early stages of this case reflects longstanding disagreements within the Government over how to interpret intelligence data and how tough to be on China.

M. Timofeyev and Sergei I. Grigoryants, made public their longstanding disagreement about how to approach the Soviet Government.

Hari sighed, as if recalling a longstanding disagreement.

"My reasons for not going are based on my longstanding disagreements with Farrakhan," Mr. McCall said.

But the findings reported yesterday may instead fuel the longstanding disagreement between the procedure's advocates and its detractors, and do little to help women decide whether to undertake the treatment.

"We have had a longstanding disagreement about what is the Federal share," she said.

"I think this results from some longstanding disagreements over policy and procedure that hopefully can be worked out in the days ahead," she said.

"There's a longstanding disagreement among the U.S. and other Security Council members about the status of the no-fly zones."

The controversy quickly became an emblem for broader, longstanding disagreements within the church.