Analysts appeared split over which proposal would prevail.
At one point the board appeared split, voting 16 to 12 to keep him.
Some of the houses were so decrepit they appeared split open, as if by the fist of a giant.
While the ethos has been strongest in northern Japan and in the Tokyo area, western Japan appeared split.
On a recent afternoon, visitors to the monument, standing beneath the rows of orange trees and clever irrigation canals in its courtyard, appeared split.
The MPC, which Carney chairs, has appeared split in recent months over the need for further stimulus for the economy and the likely benefit of providing forward guidance.
Inevitably, and necessarily, Labour has appeared split as the coalition has captured broad public support for its assault on the deficit.
The warning that the rush to send out a tough message and to make an example of those involved in violence was leading to "some very bad sentences" came as members of the coalition Government appeared split over the issue.
Suzanne Daley (NYT) RUSSIA: JEWISH SPLIT -- The Jewish minority appeared split after a new group declared a leader of the Hasidic Chabad Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Berl Lazar, the nation's chief rabbi.
The coalition has often appeared split in the debate, with Tories arguing in favour of fracking and against more onshore wind power, while Lib Dems, including the energy secretary, Ed Davey, are supportive of green power and insist shale is unlikely to bring down household bills, now averaging almost £1,300 per year.
Now, with the governorship and the Assembly in their grasp -- control of the Senate appeared split between the two parties, but one race was so close it was possible the Democrats could seize control there, too -- Democrats in the ballroom reflected on their experience and pronounced that it was a good, if painful, lesson.
