We decided to settle this suit because we felt that a long, drawn-out dispute would have been harmful to the company and distracting to management.

One new aspect of the case may have been revealed during a drawn-out dispute over subpoenas to the government's chief witness, Douglas Faneuil.

America is on the brink of a year without basketball thanks to a drawn-out dispute between NBA players and team owners.

This was soon followed by the War of the Priests (1467-79), a drawn-out dispute with Poland over the independence of the Prussian Prince-Bishopric of Ermland (Warmia).

The current trouble for Hurricane started when a drawn-out dispute with the Chimkent refinery, the main customer for the oil Hurricane produces here, nearly bankrupted the company in 1999.

Why risk entanglement in long, drawn-out disputes over implied warranties of merchantability or fitness?

The main crisis Ioann faced during his archiepiscopate was the drawn-out dispute between Novgorod and Metropolitan Kiprian that dated to 1376.

The drawn-out dispute so unnerved Mrs. Miller, she said, that she is writing a cathartic book called "Uncollecting Cheever."

After his first marriage, Weinmann became embroiled in a drawn-out dispute with local apothecaries and physicians, brought about by his appointment in 1713 as Hospital Apothecary.

Kaufman was also involved in a drawn-out dispute with the authorities over his habit of making a quarterly claim of £245 to cover general handyman and maintenance jobs in his London home.