The disagreement set off alarms in the capital, Islamabad, with Pakistani news media speculating that it was a fight Mr. Zardari -- a weak, unpopular president -- would lose.
But then, inevitably, in a world where diets are embraced with religious zeal and we can't seem to manage a separation of church and plate, there's a group that lets disagreement veer off into disparagement, turning differing opinions into excuses for ad hominem attacks.
Mr. Romney's views on Russia have set off disagreements among some of his foreign policy advisers.
The mere mention of his name is apt to set off disagreements among even the best of friends.
But stymied by partisan disagreements, it put off conclusive votes on broader energy policy until next month.
Incoming freshmen at the women's college here sign the usual forms for financial aid and housing agreements, but they also sign a document intended to head off disagreements with their roommates.
For his future effectiveness, though, Mr. Suozzi needs to ditch his immature habit of venting disagreement by tossing off intemperate remarks that risk alienating people whose cooperation he badly needs.
In the wake of this disagreement, he sold off his shares in the Red Sox and broke off his relationship with Major League Baseball.
You've had a misunderstanding or disagreement, online or off; You humiliated the person in some way; You used information against her or she fears you will; She's learned information about you (perhaps, from your Facebook page) that is a deal-breaker (for example, you're a liberal and she's a right-winger or she's an atheist and you're a devout whatever).
But a proposal to extend that protection east of the Shinnecock Canal, onto the development-frenzied South Fork, has touched off fierce disagreements between some of these former allies and inflamed landowners who fear losing private property rights without compensation.
