For many Israelis, the possible crises include a further tattering of relations with the United States.

Other than the tattering, this Maidenshore's clothing was expertly made, tailored, layered, and matched.

The company said it acted to spare its reputation from the tattering of a long court fight; critics said it caved in too easily.

WHEN the artillery-like tattering began on a recent Wednesday night, I was singing my 2-year-old to sleep.

The controversial new law, passed unanimously Oct. 19 by a City Council concerned over the tattering of Seattle's municipal image, takes effect Nov. 18.

The rolling psychodrama of Gov. Bill Clinton's campaign has been a blessing for President Bush because it has diverted attention from an equally striking spectacle of the early primaries - the tattering of a reputation for political competence that he had spent three decades building.